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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ Q2 C3 m: g; w b* Q& B/ B
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
; v7 `$ y5 F; t2 \the other possibility.+ X1 I& ^' ]- @2 U8 x9 ~( d0 i
' h5 X; Z0 V7 I! XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, E1 `4 w: ?7 G+ z/ P- B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) [6 t; H. F: c3 ~3 n1 U( `3 E
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* D- m2 A* O8 G: ]
" t4 X( |+ S+ S- y$ }9 ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 \# ~& g, s X( M
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% Y' D: a; }9 Z& s# j0 lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 s4 n4 s4 A& w% K6 r
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. N+ d) U" @9 @There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* [$ F+ o! B& P% b) {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 H% W! G+ P# L5 Z2 }+ l1 Ifotograf 20% shorter.1 c t0 e8 n) p1 i/ C% `: Z
" @" c$ v& v/ T" u; J) L _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 C5 L* ^, g8 ?( b; Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- ?( m: r$ E' |7 P) M6 k [
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 v6 J% O3 x* }1 Oben a deterent to akurate speling.) S- d: R7 p$ P! r7 S
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% t' E8 Q/ C# r* i1 N3 V8 A
disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 G8 n: P. N5 r) z& P+ S. I- oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% V# Z L/ R: J, m4 e
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 f* k2 Q; G% [7 L9 N/ f& wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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8 ` w# B+ O5 E! u* t0 fZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
h R5 {# t+ o( p! t. Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' h" g+ q$ m" pUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 D7 m! {# N2 r1 o3 K( z w
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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