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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, |# b$ T' _$ x! `4 ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ s! P! Y+ j+ v; R9 pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ U$ L4 E6 T2 s( ?9 U, L
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 Y/ j+ N6 H+ i2 y9 n9 k5 BIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 y. i7 ~) \* _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* k' w7 `1 g ?5 X$ kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- {) |( J2 g/ j4 W, E
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 o7 C! G, R2 {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 y7 a7 P+ A# W' g. z2 o6 z5 V) B, A
fotograf 20% shorter.$ l$ ?" }0 P/ C1 w& X+ s' k# |$ f
, K) a5 x4 A) ]4 bIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# w+ Z" d5 N2 J: ^2 i
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 b& P% {9 M2 Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% Z4 g* e5 e. h$ J# W8 S% v+ x2 h% w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
0 P- ~% j% Z4 _7 c! i$ p1 ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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: z, p0 n- F3 M) ?# f: `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& w, ~) f7 R' G
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., ]5 N1 k6 M- L' Q+ ~( L
9 |+ A9 O! x. P' y2 Z2 iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* q+ s" O) Y4 z9 u0 e7 V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# m% h" }5 R& w: [% J% W6 k: S' ZUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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