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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 D) C! o, \& sbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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1 H a0 E ~( `; iAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ l2 B& F1 r! [' F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# n9 B) W5 u3 G- Z2 Q
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 q9 W5 ^" l' \
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" c8 [5 B8 j( C: I5 J
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 P+ z7 `) G- B2 B3 ], K/ i$ kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 a; F, ~/ H' H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* Z! b! C3 v2 H5 k: E, p6 V! Q/ I) ]
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% x# t$ q/ Y; [* FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ f) W r6 u7 P& \, Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 x: ~- i6 z( b- D! k* Q7 O
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ X/ N' c% U3 a4 D. ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, H. h: R' B0 W) Dben 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
6 Y+ h. O2 _5 f& g5 |( Bdisgrasful and it should go away.8 c0 x. p3 r7 e& e/ C3 d2 }
3 [( |- E) u! ^( O7 \* ABy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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) ?. W5 O' Z8 [6 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 A$ G/ T8 L# g1 j3 E
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
1 R9 ^' n. p4 i; Y5 O# @" dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& G( c# c$ k# T2 x# f2 HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 Z2 f: u9 N: f7 U
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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