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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" M& @, R. z& }8 t4 a' A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' ?4 F; M$ K' @4 _
the other possibility.0 x3 \- _! H+ s$ z
9 u2 j y$ q8 O( Z2 q9 R h kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- \5 {7 O9 u5 O3 { gspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 a$ Q/ o5 v1 X& @, h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 Z* i6 Q7 E& {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ Y. }+ }% y4 h4 A
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! \8 j! m) L; w! C0 u5 e
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4 I2 D1 @7 p! Q' h. X" g" aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 `0 q9 D& J& @2 t8 F J# Rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' c( d! h# z% }$ z4 X4 v* C
fotograf 20% shorter.! Y7 W" f6 \% E( D9 a- \
/ l: t5 y9 x) E9 A7 v! I% p$ oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 O/ A' j, T3 t) y' R1 r6 x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) Q% H. ]6 i% z: ]ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ h- S" z% D9 n5 H* MAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- `" G, l- d1 ?( ]0 l3 qdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ }! ]/ P0 |" `: M* ]4 M1 T" Z' P- ^
after 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
% ~8 [* g' l1 n1 F o4 Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; \! @ f( o- l; n9 p7 oUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 A5 g, T! z0 z n/ I; v5 [8 M
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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