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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 i* r( ~7 c2 v2 f
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ E9 p+ q0 n4 O
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! S/ P2 ]9 R, U& I9 {( r# w+ VAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" c2 Z T% ~! ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! h6 y! \% s, Q! hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; x. S& X6 W9 B/ ^3 I: s! O* vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 V0 t5 y( q$ D" l" ?2 q- d, n; x
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 R! g& a/ \9 K GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* e. G+ c/ Y2 q5 ]! S5 b1 [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) g( ^, O4 B, ^+ u& f
troublesome "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; s9 [( j3 N/ c9 c2 Greach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% W# h k' A- S( r/ B) H- m& f0 T5 w
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# e5 ?& |2 }" [ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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- M5 t" ^; m# V" V F, UAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ [7 P' I. A4 @1 u. ^8 q. s/ ]1 Z
disgrasful and it should go away. q- S* r: ~- b
2 L! C5 o3 B4 d& [By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 }+ a/ G( I9 N8 E4 {
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; f& t' s8 F( `1 x; @5 v$ nafter 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
. ^* O1 J5 E# x! g+ S! x: h" Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." T1 `$ f8 h. h; |: h) G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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' U8 N8 d& w8 K u2 q3 x* _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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