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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" h4 c& y$ O& `! W5 g
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/ u7 d0 V# g5 q0 l
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% H) [- _: P; z" R- `
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% @2 E6 O( f3 o+ k% V B
- _5 V+ D8 @# D9 X* l) bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ y' C% c2 y- x) d8 J+ }+ e
the sivil servants jump with joy.& I8 R9 f7 P9 Z% G1 {3 n0 k
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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. [9 @; {- j6 y& L( |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& _! L X% E( b$ htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ y9 ^4 t5 J \ _. g/ \- x7 L+ o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 h+ s& n; w$ t* K; _( Ireach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ]: v' [* \# y& O, T: ^
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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G( N8 n1 h) d ` L( ?1 zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* i7 g" B$ {: K
disgrasful and it should go away.
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( X7 p0 X, Y! T5 Y3 B0 ^" _" kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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! A' w& ?8 G* J. B9 Y" kDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) T; K9 N* h$ V' U6 X
after 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
% Z$ l# o# R' T* H v' H& Q. Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& a, c& D, j& \0 k- F7 n* Q5 _* uUnd 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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