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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: p5 `7 k& n; G/ X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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6 l; V4 A# L; Z; ]: ~$ h8 j# L/ mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, R1 Z& p/ ^1 v, I
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 D' V) @: f2 H; e! ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 R3 M; m5 _8 {9 e4 c: X* z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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: Y5 Y8 c' I) g& O2 xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) B- L) Z' \! [7 vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ X% y* L* p5 @: z9 ~) a% l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# R2 w2 m, F) y9 C7 L/ N& \
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always$ x8 z& n5 g0 n7 ?+ D% w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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+ K1 G- b7 L1 u1 ^1 o- O, |& QAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* G+ w+ x1 @+ I
disgrasful and it should go away.
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- Y4 }- p& E* \5 L% g; xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 g. A( S( q/ A+ Q* c9 ^9 n! A
"z" and "w" with "v".9 ~/ w+ h9 p/ v! k8 }" q
# q/ s- n1 [+ l: vDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 }. E, A3 \8 ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ W6 `7 |, W# q8 A
- {$ F$ D( m4 N' r7 J) uZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( [5 P" Q! v9 u8 y2 N; ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- I/ y- z/ [4 Q; A- M7 m
Und 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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