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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, {. {) ?! [. v* U7 y0 zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
1 D) i. h* W% V) Z: @2 ~2 vthe other possibility.+ {% j5 f9 c2 l# f8 g8 m
6 E" d" [ B4 U/ bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& g6 A3 {; z& g9 q& X, t4 S2 E- M3 Wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" \) g" D4 F( j0 g( a( \* x
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 y+ _: G/ o/ l% p" K, i/ X
, G# J$ k+ H/ K/ tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ K6 e% ~8 P0 o: lthe sivil servants jump with joy.- N8 ?8 C* w# D
2 R+ p0 }+ O, I, s3 X8 ?- ^5 iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 \' n( k" d% i9 I0 Kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' H- [/ o0 E0 ^5 z1 i0 L& q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ c. e4 m, @" S& P" u( j
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
# U5 t# o: U: w: u) Ofotograf 20% shorter." c7 }7 V) z" M1 D2 t& ?) B( y
; a; L, _6 g- B% t' \6 ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& q* M7 i# K5 r/ I8 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 Q& @4 U* m: d$ pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! j( h$ [8 e* q7 d9 i$ w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 r$ E# f) R; g, m+ d7 q$ e6 a
9 n7 v+ L5 Q3 d- d+ h6 }Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ D( q. c O' K, K Z! Adisgrasful and it should go away.- m2 J2 _0 C! s1 c* N
) f- N3 Q4 S- k+ lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ J( \ h! L$ H' E
"z" and "w" with "v".+ ^- l# Q0 W; ?% S1 ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. m; n# {8 F- F6 }, k9 H( x4 J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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* k0 w# d, _1 j$ N6 T! w- }. ~, QZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; t7 @7 J7 I. x. ?, Kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' g' G& y. E1 K1 E6 p- o/ ]" a0 i! MUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
# e7 j+ T4 u3 t. ]# V! W1 ~9 dforst plas.% H) S. c/ m$ p/ E/ x& U: E4 h( \- H
. I) l# u& [4 Y' k# W" p" JIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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