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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 L: M5 Q1 B# X' f, u, x* h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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3 B: |% I- o3 jAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 {. U! A) _+ L* j5 t/ i. b6 ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! k# K# z: b) ?9 }plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 K! }0 r) ?/ [4 d
* E7 Z0 G5 l5 G$ m) ~ G2 i* cIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ d/ P9 H9 d1 L
the sivil servants jump with joy.8 b2 a' T, X- ^$ Y; p( J" n
8 t% [7 E1 a3 B& vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 D! J0 x! B- x7 Z6 C. G& ] Vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 b# I% N0 d8 t' [
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 e* w g! ]: \: s4 Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; H c+ m: z8 _: _# g6 h& m. U
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. k6 ?3 \: R" u2 mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 }0 V; u* P+ }9 h+ x: S- Y# ~) Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( u) v0 }5 }& G: r0 O
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% E0 S, B5 I2 g% r% p
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" D! G: }; w% t) k
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* D; s1 P( c+ U- Z, dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* b) t% `. A, S/ u3 b) [5 M
* u! n$ ` E$ } h3 bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* T) U2 S2 u$ T- U9 S& [1 a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" Z, R3 @; b5 S" r! MUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 V! o% L/ P8 ^ j1 M; OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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