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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! G% d6 O% ?7 Ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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# {* O3 X1 \) C* X. k$ FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: p" R3 V4 {! I# ]+ bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 _9 M1 [7 v6 {( Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." A% A! U' D1 M. ?) E9 }+ W# \# `* C: L
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& U8 U) T" \5 V& ~5 pthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) R- Q- |5 d7 j9 hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 V C6 |( B2 p6 w2 |
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 Q- t7 ] M9 a- Gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 f- z& x$ q; f5 P9 `, X
fotograf 20% shorter.
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4 a" U# B! x/ ]. tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 z1 g5 L$ n j3 k* S- I. lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; J R, F/ a9 v+ x- u' h( v
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 x6 e3 \3 E# {8 \4 c7 u+ M
ben a deterent to akurate speling. y; }2 g; s$ q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) W+ M. c2 f* O4 ~9 X6 ^7 kdisgrasful and it should go away. y$ V8 `, ^' f) I! S6 g
+ n8 A# B# s" s; y! X8 ~By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
9 J3 z4 V- ^1 A; i) W& ]* W/ ~"z" and "w" with "v".1 @; d1 {& p" }* g$ q
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- x' a" V6 c/ S$ ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 f3 e8 ]6 |3 ?/ E3 L& B9 D+ |
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) y# ]) E/ D, B0 i5 y2 S" K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. H1 U ^ |; S% i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# B0 ?9 ^, v, w8 X
forst plas.
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, p B k3 E+ F2 g! g) \# UIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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