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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; {; M z+ e9 L4 [& ?6 \. @3 j( m; nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- b p) ]0 S% z" K( Zthe other possibility.3 f$ G @" b& V' n
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' H: _6 U- f, I6 g1 C0 H6 K# y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 k* z8 F& i$ y4 S3 p9 K' b) v
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- R- q6 X7 |" V( TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. F/ D! R: M" T8 Y$ mthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& ~$ x) X$ k* J5 R$ vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# G$ B3 p% h$ a7 z4 OThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 E0 v" |7 s+ i+ L7 W% B3 `( e" f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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! n6 O. E: ~6 lIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 g* c3 M5 @ } Q4 q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 E7 s: O+ O: E
1 F" x: J( u- W$ KGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ \: l# f2 Q% f" |$ Eben a deterent to akurate speling./ ?" F7 h; O3 H: I. }; m$ p# y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 M, ^/ F1 K1 E0 X1 s' ]4 Q; `' gdisgrasful and it should go away.
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* P" D6 x* ~/ Z- pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 Y$ F4 ~1 R! R* k9 C
"z" and "w" with "v".: c) {1 j. s/ B- Z4 z, I
7 M Z& S, D' h" H( ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- L6 _1 |0 l) B1 u, P
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
3 y, K# o- E& }8 nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( i. A% ~7 w( S6 R
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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+ u- ^7 ~" O+ r0 JIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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