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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- H5 N y* D. Z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. }0 ^& @- b# w) i& N6 a: N3 a5 |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; V. h' @5 r5 D( ~) Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 n3 J. `4 }2 K1 p0 u2 u1 O) c
' V" V- {. x+ ]7 j2 R2 IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 v% z0 G% e" t2 E" i$ j ^& Bthe sivil servants jump with joy.) z( o! r* t3 r, H
9 Y( y( I3 Y! ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' {* {) u0 b- ^2 w9 ?# {2 f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& d2 D5 s- z, T* E- D
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( G9 q+ K. s# M9 y2 m& {7 wfotograf 20% shorter.- B$ y' a- p- r: N% E
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' L) g6 \3 ~ \6 `" _
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% q/ `7 H' _5 o- u/ D# N2 ]
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always$ {6 p3 `; v$ ]$ D, f$ J6 z! ?4 {, V
ben a deterent to akurate speling., o2 a+ R9 x6 p- W# Z1 J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! j) b9 q6 f2 r+ g9 zdisgrasful and it should go away.9 p' X+ G$ d" a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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* z# q" n1 r0 Z6 S# A& l8 \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 C% e9 n0 v0 c; C+ U/ i! D3 v3 A- }1 ?
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# l% ?3 i0 G2 ~. f# d/ g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: |. W' ^0 K# `) H4 a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& B9 Y- @, g9 l" RUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& \8 c1 t8 U1 I
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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