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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' `# \9 C% `# @3 \/ O% _( u+ N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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2 [9 o# Z. b& g8 \. h& }! sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 q( E0 ]* [. c( A( J/ espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 r7 l F6 y: f9 N( x r. ]$ Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% q3 D+ x" x( F9 J5 s) W
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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2 v! y# J8 A& Z& y" YThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 u0 v* T: ~. E+ y5 ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 ]% }9 z2 L( b: }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' ?" G' M' `2 A2 c3 h+ W' [" ]( u
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- b. A/ e1 T# j/ Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 Y$ h& ^# C. F3 _( r
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! `" ~6 P) s% U$ z
ben 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
& \$ o7 Y& A3 X6 w O3 S+ odisgrasful 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"and6 W2 l4 B8 X$ B, U% E$ x% o
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
6 _6 q7 o0 g. ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 q0 o1 k! K6 u( I% eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& _1 ~7 }, W# p$ ]. Q. ?If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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