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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ G6 B2 L; ]% K& T7 \8 z/ u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 D. C" `8 X6 t6 m/ V& Tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. x% J* m" ?' [- s. d$ w+ nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; i& e w% p% o; [2 L/ t: lthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ y0 C# F0 C8 w' Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 X1 X( G. t! _9 Y/ t
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! ^2 O4 p6 ^. d& @There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, ?# P- j1 w# w4 Q: `, z; Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( y, C5 ~( m0 g& ^/ v, Ufotograf 20% shorter.
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' z$ d! r1 E r; X( jIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 l \/ j. c% E0 Y7 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 ~. d; p* O/ _! H
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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4 A N" z3 t0 A% v8 t- jAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. T% N8 ?! u5 R edisgrasful 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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 X k+ A2 w" e" jafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- ]7 E0 f' t6 Y; j' D
; w5 |6 }) L I) I6 }3 R9 BZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) H3 u7 ~5 C1 r! r/ y; }4 X$ j V0 z/ Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." k3 V0 t& D" h4 S
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& o& k' k8 _% @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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