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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* |' }: a7 M2 k( q% y3 g+ ?be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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3 f# k5 Q. Y" m! B1 y6 o9 ^As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 n, v1 B* t K0 D5 w$ Q- t2 D9 T( ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ ]( e( T- \2 _/ K! j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., @: a7 i7 J: R' K0 ^) T, Q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; m5 F! O7 v9 _* b8 f$ Uthe sivil servants jump with joy." r2 E% q: x- f% i$ s! o
9 R$ a& H# q3 p; F1 LThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# r' H) V# T/ }" B/ y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* P2 V3 I5 |( v+ |' F
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: O3 L: A: {% d8 u! [! ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, x4 V+ M2 I$ mfotograf 20% shorter.8 v& O" r9 K4 J5 P. Q4 s
% ^8 G9 |/ x9 qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. @- U6 H' ]/ B* M. ~% H s nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( V0 R2 i5 R: p7 C' P- U" z# i
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ ?7 n( M( T8 a2 I% U) V4 r$ H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) ~; d7 o4 r& W. y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ k! J( Z3 k% B3 ^% T1 d
disgrasful and it should go away.- X1 ?' j0 \5 s3 F
- B; n' v, N1 A1 ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 m* l, Y( D7 EDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. {4 I- q% H# V3 s: w5 n# m: safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 h, F X* p( E( }$ l; {
9 Y' `7 P1 \5 x; Z+ h) G5 ?Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 u4 z" P& }- aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- Y1 X; D' r# I- ]- B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 W# ]0 |( R) o9 }
forst plas.& T$ e4 X8 e) l. T. n$ r
0 _% @# i( _- p8 c2 P1 Y7 _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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