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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ r2 t+ X* |9 r0 s* Nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
: d, g5 h" g; M& Y0 O. p- Ithe other possibility.: w7 P0 V9 T) ?0 \& M1 J+ [
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 h) a& n( s( V* i+ [7 |* s1 o+ V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, s% s! G7 X5 Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 x% D( E: a; ?5 C
6 b1 m" q4 N" O% I5 AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 x! O3 A& `" o' C. g! X: q; e
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
+ M3 `: l3 M8 H: Q: G+ Mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! |+ w8 n4 p, v1 C) s( z$ Q
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. V, J) C& _7 p1 j5 c4 [, AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 l+ C# B+ d. M k$ htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
L" Z3 \0 D( \8 Yfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& {3 X. V# q2 ]/ S3 G0 j, n# |
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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% f b* [$ P3 P: u& R" d3 GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: ^5 R% |/ I6 O7 w% D" A5 T- B
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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( ~2 Y' z! r% Z5 D Z) [' QAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
5 f D3 B0 q2 N7 hdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By 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"and
1 n' l: _9 }: p l( R( L3 }* Q9 t( Fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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2 ^; K. ~# F+ SZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 Q v; T: P, z" P: B& C( y0 eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; \) S8 x n3 `7 vUnd 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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