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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. z' r. V- h/ h2 ?$ Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 C! U8 q5 N) `1 Q( k2 M/ R7 qthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% U& a+ ~2 b/ j$ z! K& ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! i$ d9 ]0 t: F$ _2 t# a. f$ e" g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ N7 Q( t3 h! R) a9 m4 G4 |* m7 [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) a& B! C9 l3 [) Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.! i8 e8 P' ^, C( X% a5 Z2 Q& w
% x3 s. q8 t# F1 x0 f# E; nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# d* c4 l0 i) p' Fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 x4 o. C" _* c/ G6 C! _# @7 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 S3 x" k4 h) v( S' pfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& E2 E$ D* p! N3 N- T$ oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% i; _1 D9 ?2 ]6 `
* A8 D6 S! k! r- _0 `" x5 HGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 V% A) j* ]& C' ~5 G/ R
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
3 X1 n5 M! g) [disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ Y# H! Q3 m" B$ G4 V2 J% ABy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
' T2 E' W; z9 n, E) M"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ D+ x) ~& Z. k% j! `
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: ?6 G5 ^' l8 S( @# c& h$ Z/ r
2 m' z& R+ |/ \: U+ ]- T- YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& b0 P# {( W# w* e9 H, lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, h2 o, Z0 V9 E3 mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- B; E O! [4 F5 a, bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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