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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 \# z6 k( q& J) ^3 D6 ]be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 N2 r) Q# X7 D# z+ w" D0 p1 [the other possibility.% e4 N4 [- S; Z B/ T, e
2 I' J% W2 j \8 p j( OAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 w% y# f) e5 G/ y- c3 J7 \. L+ ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 Z& I/ h* {% J5 h M" X4 Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! O8 S3 v5 U! {$ c
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ K9 }! d, d" w; Kthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 B7 m; M2 y% f
8 z* c( t `' l9 d4 H/ V d# vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: Y/ }8 P- R4 C& b) U+ d2 g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( \; ]- A& c% P2 c
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& V, B8 c+ T& u. I( s0 e! M2 gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, t4 N2 L' O3 }) @' ~9 Ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: j% A1 n0 Q9 ]fotograf 20% shorter.# q" z) k( f5 G3 R* f/ @
8 r0 [) N; \4 j5 ?6 y0 aIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ V; R# p- h- C# J/ u4 Y) Greach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ C6 {3 {6 ?" V3 |ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 O/ n3 \9 p) y
7 H7 x" W% K8 Q( E+ LAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# Z/ C3 m, V, v* i' Y% J8 R
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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9 F$ k9 ~ F4 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ R' z, Q2 _2 a# [& Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% J4 a( G' V9 V. ^6 o. @
4 p0 S- i/ w( g- I' v, iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 U3 Y% m) Y7 x" b4 O
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- B% n- O+ ~ } G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 W: W: [ i8 T& t4 Q% f
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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