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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" H6 d/ h/ K: o3 P0 V1 U5 {
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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; t! g9 D* j+ R6 JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 [' X3 Q( _$ q3 O( Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
w4 e: {+ H& W i5 j7 pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% |) Q) I, j; f/ l
9 A7 ~" }0 e3 _; v& SIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; j* x6 s) s/ G- [the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 e3 P, z, l j5 ~5 }, dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 C( a6 Z& L" {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; T! v) M" ?* M2 d2 h6 cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' x& i$ A. O2 f8 m- N, Stroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 C1 L8 a& T) z. i; Cfotograf 20% shorter., }4 [4 j3 s5 ~
8 j3 {# [# p, a# @In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, v }' A6 @+ U( V) q6 sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! Z5 L( P9 S- I. |9 Cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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3 R. Y$ v7 W# C9 S# m' w- n1 IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, {+ T5 e4 \( i9 ~: ~
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, {" ^5 ~, s% e' c/ e" b
"z" and "w" with "v".' S& K" t0 l6 M$ d, j2 ~
* d; O! C# @& ?) ~0 \( X8 J+ `: tDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% \' e& S c. [, j+ e
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 tu0 q4 D* t$ D5 E$ H0 q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% ]* m+ l( I7 m' Q: \Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ e0 _* X( B0 ?! Q3 j
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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