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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! K) n3 z: _+ I9 c6 a# I* [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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* o' I P9 |% `4 X, vAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ R0 n! G5 l& g1 Y5 M
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
# _" i6 \4 _, O( V5 tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! Z" G+ n, X- ?. c
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& x) o8 x* m t5 B3 Qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 h. j/ _ {# {. I- s
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2 f% V1 {7 S- E2 WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- E) g2 j: y$ w
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- B9 ^. Y0 _8 B" P; J2 S% efotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% K( o9 B2 ~2 I5 A4 i3 A
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. Q. @& j9 D' F) F: k! l
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 v8 J, A R9 B. G
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 U/ F/ {, N, [, d8 k: U
- J, Z4 S0 m/ c1 iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
: v& H7 `; a/ V1 Kdisgrasful and it should go away.7 U O9 g9 J( @. g9 |* |
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- r4 g- }6 M+ O3 k' M
"z" and "w" with "v".4 L3 x" X- X+ c! T& a8 D- m
, ?2 \8 I; c( n: Y0 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" n$ t/ f4 D |7 c. x/ @5 A) Safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 c' x3 r v7 O7 s {' v; I g8 H
: M9 Z8 F8 K. Z* a( UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! W( z: |6 N0 f9 S D7 v' R$ z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' A' H. B+ {% p, B& ]3 SUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
5 o! D, K) Q, q% q6 m) U) Wforst plas.5 E$ j3 M: ~5 ?: j
6 O, A9 H- |8 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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