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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 x$ X5 v' A2 b& ]7 M
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! D( ]$ L" _1 y- _. d
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. z S+ y. @' L6 x- s& w3 R0 AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 G6 v; W( o$ f0 X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# J. `$ _+ j& n! _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# x% \0 k9 u( Q7 X2 Q+ f
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) K2 z2 P L' m) L1 S( J* O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 j9 g0 e r2 E( B% M* J i2 w% n
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ ]4 a. _2 n8 t0 P" s' r* Atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; X8 {* {8 u+ {. y, Y
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 D2 A( U" o% I' F) L3 X, @8 {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 I; `, C1 O8 W; p" E2 |5 bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 k' a$ V& s) W6 S( G9 P
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* p; u( N& e+ ?7 R
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 q- h! J' S9 X' X+ S) xBy 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
1 U2 V6 _/ p9 |6 j- z) Qafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 G, r! d" n+ y: o4 Z# T0 t
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: S; D( Z! X! C8 c" u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ {% Y7 [( }# E! ~: WUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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N9 @9 n! [8 M( g; ZIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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