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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. U$ w* K& D! F* ~" d% o$ m; zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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% A3 z( _- s( A0 L5 _3 t, |As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: s$ \9 _( F. D6 e" ^+ b0 ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 T& m* a# n4 G9 }7 f- E
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., n; T6 \# D% I% W% ^: C
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 L+ y* f. F0 \. U; \- k' w& Q% v; B
the sivil servants jump with joy./ y+ }" h! \6 U* R/ _% s
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- f3 W5 H3 A) Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( N. @. m8 v7 {+ y
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, K( A' Y, m$ u* I/ z+ U+ |% XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% J# y3 g* ]* f1 ~# v8 x9 s9 ~ Ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: T; m0 q1 @" |* `6 zfotograf 20% shorter.
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! I' c0 Y. V! _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; s& }+ W M0 d: k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 J, k2 J# a' Iben a deterent to akurate speling.7 V& h% E5 q- u# M0 E
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ W* G0 H( [6 {/ K
disgrasful and it should go away.! c0 b- l, M' F" a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# v: f4 i, Z& |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 R8 @( T& m3 o2 g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. m7 |+ v! `9 k4 |
& t3 x" B3 {. v2 jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- J" z7 M6 A; H! u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ z6 n6 E: S T, iUnd 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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