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Originally Posted by pdurrant
After a review of the expense of the translation of official documents into all the languages of the much expended EU, the European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will become the official language of the European Union. The surprise result of the review was apparently due to the Germans voting with the UK government.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government have conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy...
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
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This just made my night!!
