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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 ?: R% g# Q9 B: E6 mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 X: p. e% d- v3 @# ]2 f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 \6 U, @; y& G
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: h7 t! `# x. K: e4 {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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% h f+ w7 A# s1 M' t+ O, }1 Y6 dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( a& K; y4 ?0 l+ }5 H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) j9 {( |# T5 r8 X: t- v
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7 o* R: ^; Y( A5 ]6 L; m( f |' CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, ^, J; S3 C( X$ y+ W6 K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) l7 l$ k6 k4 h& J. F
fotograf 20% shorter." J! Q0 S; a5 {
; S- k0 P7 `. b) u7 _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 Y6 c/ T& ~; X0 I8 o. B1 H0 @5 q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., Y, v2 o) R0 c9 ?' Q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; v$ T" l5 m0 A3 K! y& `ben 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
; w% P1 `+ h2 H& j! q: D( S( _! }disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 `2 S9 V, T. B3 HBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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" b4 L. S& [- f4 {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: u( l* J/ l/ \( a- }7 z8 ?. n
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
; t, ~& K3 P3 i$ k8 {understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. ]- V; S/ a& J- l0 w. {/ j
Und 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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