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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" Y. @1 r) |( J, m, u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- l- P* F2 l* H* b
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 ?- W- _/ [/ p3 k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 M' u$ ~- H7 w8 d7 M1 ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 c5 Q7 T+ g: S* B/ x
9 ?( J4 M( b. W$ M! q) m" B! HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 A. g- a9 m* A# Ythe sivil servants jump with joy.( B' h0 _* `- H
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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" l1 r1 a2 _# d( ~! ^0 M4 W' j" aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 ~ y) I/ x1 G( _1 ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; N; g% V1 } i. V; z
fotograf 20% shorter. d d' {4 b6 c1 \* U R
" ?0 C* L/ ^! k5 H4 `: sIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. ?- u2 L p* U7 ]) ~' F9 q+ j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 y# u/ I( T+ M( h2 uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 Y& ?3 p, A) K" i9 u, R; n% 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 is
; g, a9 i( T, d% k8 n. wdisgrasful and it should go away.5 C; e% j1 R3 j
- \3 e3 r# N) e2 nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 t5 x H9 o( T( `" i
"z" and "w" with "v".( i' v8 B" K1 m! a D
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. E2 W- N' w# u' [; u+ s* iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 }" ~4 X& w# A7 H) a) eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; K7 m: E# W- Y7 `2 tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 J# z/ t0 }. H2 J% m# Z% q) M% cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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