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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: n( g3 }& K% ^ T/ s* }be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was ?4 e/ j- O4 i( M- X4 C
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! [' k7 N* y2 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) n, x& y" Q' Z' ~( L: r s7 Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 L5 u, u- u' Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% @/ L8 }* U3 y3 P
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* ~& c2 T2 q* t& l/ c+ L, Z7 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
: p8 k5 { d4 g5 g) C A9 ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# f1 f$ j' o' |
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7 Y, i! e3 X- o9 c% v( d# KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 u7 a, S7 [4 j6 k; ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. ?- _/ i: m, B) G$ T
fotograf 20% shorter.
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, w$ X6 W% R' _/ w% qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: K$ W$ Q o3 G' zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 n- l1 T/ X+ E _ U
: |+ g- Z3 B$ _. E4 kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 X h# p0 R; Z( q1 mben a deterent to akurate speling.+ E% w& J l i1 m) N) { Y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( M, S3 w. f1 R7 mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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7 h4 w; B) b' E2 p& g. b2 D* _( o) M- gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 W# Z4 K( o9 l' J, J& h# v"z" and "w" with "v".
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5 `( t1 n3 n8 T/ CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ n/ W h) h, [1 j" {+ n' n3 \0 Bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ j* o2 ^- V+ W" M6 kZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* u i; i* b1 ? _understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( P2 p( K, o' z% e- a* K; ~9 N
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- m& N3 T! q+ A3 @* \& Z7 z3 |
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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