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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' N+ w( N% w) [- v$ F6 @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 q$ w; \7 w% m! p! s' a
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 S5 O. } [' _* }0 f! h( X! P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 D1 A& ~! k) e8 k& `) Gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 W. ]# _0 j. j A; f4 _- a5 ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 M9 n! T5 ~! `/ `* E4 j0 athe sivil servants jump with joy.$ W# a6 J& T8 ~) `4 J9 o
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! [* j) X, ]" [' Q+ n# Q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 [8 L+ f" P4 N) d- u# M: G
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- W0 e9 _( k1 H% V G& B# `$ o7 d0 {, v
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 U) G( _/ x; n: A' ?. v7 R
fotograf 20% shorter.+ N) _1 v X% w9 A4 q5 x* ~
5 I5 c, y$ S& V# a7 |In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: x, ^) b- F5 g3 m8 x4 L) G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ s' Z1 n+ T2 L& U: X9 G
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ t6 q1 y% u% \; N5 S; z! j jben a deterent to akurate speling.; t) | X. K5 U8 c) w y6 r% C
4 i x2 V$ |0 @2 L0 X+ hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# a( \" q. I/ ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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- q# e" M& } W4 zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
- g. y3 }! C6 L) o, o& T: a"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; B& Q6 @& {/ C2 f7 fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 j( ?* {& \3 c4 G* I. K
7 D1 f. |: U3 y8 UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( z, l. s% n( n I0 z# {6 ^understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! r4 _: y8 @6 l; w1 TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 n) y. w$ l. _: u6 V' Y. s7 YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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