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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& h+ T% l1 J' b+ M/ mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 d! H; L" t8 R. Z3 athe other possibility., V* N4 Y+ B3 i! r9 R
% Y% _/ P, z; c0 [ xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ S* z ^5 z$ `6 T& n
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 r2 |* }) l/ S. h! w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' t- Q6 M& \5 i" M2 U* {
) d! d5 n, A) L1 S8 ?5 {$ U( AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 b6 I% C" y' X% _1 lthe sivil servants jump with joy.% v3 h- B. B1 e5 V8 I Z
% S" Q: ] S; E6 {" P3 I! S/ IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; S* V0 E9 w+ a1 P/ n3 j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 C' J" ~. ^6 P# E$ g* U
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- B3 \0 u- t/ z$ R$ ]: S$ l- VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 l4 P' B' e0 P0 m* H; z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ \& p# s! e: D7 S% z6 y; ifotograf 20% shorter." j) h$ K# c9 L3 ~2 {
7 B* }9 Z/ U: ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 J# C: i; X3 O) G/ Y% G4 }reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 t4 @. Q8 E, u4 I6 u0 b/ |ben a deterent to akurate speling.: x$ s0 p- M9 A8 }
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 u& U( ^/ o- }# ~% r% c( G, G8 v( h
disgrasful and it should go away.
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$ n; ~$ T+ X# S3 q5 o& b) N' f5 dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 [! n. R- f, H5 Y
"z" and "w" with "v".. F t5 Q7 ~3 d' h
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 p% {7 M$ m4 E% C/ p" i' r& cafter 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+ }0 I7 j& J. [; W6 ]! s- |% I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" p' L! Q. o* ?" {" _' SUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 M. b9 [/ Z) R/ |
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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