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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, u" [4 H9 u* i$ A: ^) dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ f; N' ^4 d" W/ P N# O- k+ E
the other possibility.
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% ~& G% t( g8 m+ ~; UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ `" B- `/ G2 }+ E. B) Z- s. mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, [, f/ ?' }/ _& p9 c hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 v3 p* T) w7 Q O; [) `- l8 \6 T
) O3 `/ X5 }8 |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& [. z, b; b2 T! `) ]: k3 B' X
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* F& W ^8 y1 N6 }, Ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; ^/ T$ [- H, n; Itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% {. H4 D+ o6 T* [
fotograf 20% shorter.( m+ C& r8 | ?- |% R
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 m( \' }3 q+ P7 |$ @& }' [9 u2 hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." R# ?& N% [- O& H6 h2 s0 D5 ?
$ M3 D; g6 l7 V' XGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: W: ^2 |: h5 l$ |6 k$ T3 uben a deterent to akurate speling.0 Y# Z4 m9 G; R5 ?
: [4 N% `) y7 j" `8 PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 @7 N6 p8 L4 Q" L X) E3 P b& C
disgrasful and it should go away.6 `% W+ ?6 O) F% B1 }/ _0 A$ ]
h7 e( _: b* H* B, G7 \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* ^1 T! \( z k, B, m0 G4 b"z" and "w" with "v".
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$ `/ u0 O6 m' Y8 {% y. Z, KDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 b' [" M$ T$ d2 u; W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ S# e. r1 d$ E3 s% V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 w6 y) g( a! L3 eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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, Z- N# O1 P9 Y x$ t/ [If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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