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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 L% x4 t( ?3 C+ Obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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/ C4 {/ }( `2 [5 W7 U3 J. o0 mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 w+ K) d8 m/ K2 [4 n3 w
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 Z! L- }( C& y' S
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ ]; h' G8 e( [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. N" A; ^$ l( L, }& Y/ l% ithe sivil servants jump with joy.: o! t( i1 T( n! }1 b) c
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 g4 ~- o; G) Y, b4 ], R( w' C7 W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 U3 J4 P; j. i0 G* ~
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, B! x, b9 s/ s6 i ^; QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 Q y, `. c: m$ P
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
/ \3 l5 G" x2 W7 T* Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- @& U# q9 ~& I( t
4 g/ R4 T0 l5 ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: T0 a/ r+ `/ z1 T& Dben a deterent to akurate speling.; g( Q: [$ i( L( x- |+ {
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# \: D5 i/ q/ \7 z8 m9 bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
2 l6 L( i* J, j7 j7 I( ["z" and "w" with "v".3 @/ y+ m7 W! {$ [' }+ u" x
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and n/ @8 S; u) Q, g8 n6 L& ?6 @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., c [8 \7 p% [( t! \% n
# @- M1 ^. v9 O0 `) p" S+ Y& d+ SZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# M; J- P5 V% g" j- }0 P5 ]+ Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ A7 z& t' |, B% _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" y1 ~5 Y( S$ _: s
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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