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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" Y* d ^% d, \+ [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 v, y. h$ ]; O
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 K& W& C$ @+ G; n& I$ K3 u3 p4 P4 z1 x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 Q8 q+ r8 z$ _plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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* P$ u3 @% _$ C! o! E7 NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% I8 W* P; Z( @+ d# j; q$ |6 Y% m
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 M; R8 R4 y( f2 G! s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: X( [: Q( w! E `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! B7 T! ~4 X7 s' w1 \
fotograf 20% shorter./ s. |, ?0 H) F; A1 U; k9 i
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( Y4 u5 ^ U0 T, k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: l: @& N9 ]) b p' x6 P, q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! |) P1 i G9 U6 q8 q# V- i8 q% k
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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+ O2 ~8 A; ^( |0 @" D; nAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% S0 n" ~# x _. z
disgrasful and it should go away.2 j* d( {/ H& j9 v
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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
, U3 |& z! V4 x8 s4 }0 ~! m2 Xafter 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+ m' `& J+ z8 u: }
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) Q1 Z5 Z' A4 l+ S( a" s% \Und 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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