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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! Z% ]( i _6 v, I% d: _. D3 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) p1 g. a/ s! EAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! V4 X/ `( X: _8 F9 D9 \
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 g9 @2 F# C4 I% h+ @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% n0 z4 T" t: e* {
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( p( R0 j7 s0 D$ f: A
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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* j( N c, ^& @5 ~# X5 D& }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! E3 k" n) n+ H% [5 @" Fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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+ J' X" d! b8 ?( _There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& M) P @, X5 r- L- w: ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( g" R' e8 Y8 `$ S4 M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) z2 ^2 Q* k* i6 }4 I4 B: c
' D+ T3 s/ \3 A6 d; rGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 x$ |1 j9 z- U2 wben a deterent to akurate speling.7 u0 n+ }2 ~, H% \/ k7 T5 u1 h2 N
, R m; t7 g7 q5 ` qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* s/ ]/ M5 C, @( \
disgrasful and it should go away./ Z0 x2 F$ X" ?5 O: u7 {. E
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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
8 `! C: n( J+ ~% }4 |. a* v) \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 ~: y$ u, j( E; _% s! x% I# h' mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* S! c( L/ n- B. W1 q! C9 w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ J( b Z! ?2 |2 g* aUnd 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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