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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( W8 e: l7 q. ^3 w9 Abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) o. p9 z+ X) \$ ^ X8 M! j3 r" nAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( F; ^0 m. t+ A0 V1 q9 uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 w2 J! O) U" U' X: T" V3 I# b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 ?+ @' _9 _7 x8 R( U
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 J' h: L. E* ]% I2 x2 U
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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% ^- `4 l: O* a4 O" U8 s- |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' b+ A ^4 e+ i/ W8 {5 K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! Y+ a+ Z0 Q) L6 {& h
fotograf 20% shorter.) y3 t- S: R8 e D6 e* E3 |7 t
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 [3 x; \9 f$ V5 C" @1 Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& k. N' W# @4 }$ m3 l6 @ [
+ d: ?$ x& a% HGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! m" [! W( ?* V' Wben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 G. i W, V# [
disgrasful and it should go away.7 X* e2 ~7 Z2 ^7 |* V9 k
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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4 Y, R- F: x4 x% e: ~During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; N0 m* B- i' H1 m7 Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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! p7 \! \) D% P. `0 t5 z3 FZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 O* ^ q1 I/ Z; J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 y* U6 n( G2 Z; K7 X9 B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* ]# |$ J1 p' X: A" D$ GIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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