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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 s* Z2 ~6 _8 y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 i- c& q5 F; n. Y
the other possibility.
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" N" o1 Q* e, a! ^; l. g) n: QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, S' ?: Q1 m& w0 rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 D9 A5 c" x# M$ R5 `7 r
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# C5 c" U/ e. f' x; S4 }0 d
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 i# Z6 ^4 g6 ^ Y2 n' g8 O
2 u/ k, {$ y P! `5 UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 F. \; t" H+ C% Wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 c% `' Z5 C* q& z/ `7 M3 Q9 F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! f" @4 o- ]0 L: t0 g% q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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+ i1 H8 t8 @7 nIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- {6 z$ s$ P* ]" f1 k" j hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! a0 k) Y5 J# H% x4 K \6 cben 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* n8 T( _$ f; }) S) n
disgrasful and it should go away.4 A5 `* y4 x/ {' t5 ?4 n0 S
* x4 L I, s3 u) JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 d3 Y' i5 u3 v
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 n0 v1 x+ n1 ?: K2 z+ `
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu U* O' o6 r8 A" y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 x$ s" E2 ? I. I$ N T8 c5 }# lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* F m3 z* N' S, t1 ~
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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