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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: ]2 k. e# Q, o2 t: }2 Tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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! {& m) j* I: f) LAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. ^! \% D B# L+ ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. h3 s- Q3 q9 x W# p! I; K Z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 z7 F; R" s; G ^7 k2 |" V) p
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 n# j" I) R4 }+ E6 O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( ^+ E8 l7 O6 D3 @
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ a1 G1 o- t d3 s! q9 _. w
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 g- ?- t" ^+ ?' I) r1 ^$ o" U0 M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 }% u- @0 A: \+ a8 w
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 ]; L1 o' n* |3 e" `0 Q+ lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 q, Q5 t J! @: f Z- y P+ s
2 }% N9 }% _) _# J% S4 ~/ }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; i) J, O" \6 Y1 M6 f& o5 X
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! N/ C" I1 ]0 w8 g( Z$ g7 Fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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. j$ x6 W1 ]( r+ z$ zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, H( K& B' \( Z) P3 }
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, ^1 P N9 D/ m4 qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 m8 R9 J- q: }( D& H/ ~, y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* @; I( |* q+ A% ^
& T: X9 P: A. W* NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) }! C" x" L: |* g, Z0 L/ g; H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: k5 {6 O* u! y3 H; Z$ [, d q+ @0 ?# ^
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' ]* d9 T( F3 O' c. f
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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