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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 {5 P$ V2 L7 } T& w* Q9 nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
7 }9 T: ?+ ^0 [7 l8 h4 z; sthe other possibility.
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. N5 X3 A5 u8 w# [% n! s. ?; L! i1 _1 kAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 @, [5 |; |+ t+ J+ V& L& rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, Y! g1 |) O6 R' _2 v! d( K" z. s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! k% n" p8 B; d) ~ l
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% O0 ~9 ^, r1 ~ g9 Z0 k* V& ]! Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.; h! p$ R* J2 U' c6 P' d
3 b, ?" i X; t. k( k+ ^The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 O/ D( S( d# T" N$ a6 gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 s+ C/ U& A% H' l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* S7 s5 _. M) a" `& u: cfotograf 20% shorter.. g# Q" }( {/ ?3 n. O. n
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; ]' j& E* Q+ z, a0 f0 G) g" P0 }reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 \- Y% G2 _# Q; n2 |Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! U9 `6 h3 ]' i3 jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 x) L$ N9 p, i. g" n: tdisgrasful and it should go away.. C1 {7 r7 p- v
. V- l! S: A% G2 _! P/ uBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, D- k4 }' T% c! ?9 \% Y7 |
"z" and "w" with "v". B# c- C$ E/ {& C3 i
# O! J* o3 X# Q2 Q3 K$ jDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
7 F& D( N' B% g; Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 D2 P+ l% B/ u& V. G& \3 H+ w
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) q: p/ ?+ Y9 l# nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., E4 z, X- `3 J# o/ d- }7 o& b3 w
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 N" L" |& [ B, d
forst plas.7 b! O+ {/ h: T8 A3 F
4 T; z- J8 z4 c" a4 ^2 U0 R$ }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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