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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% E* W0 k( m G: I& J1 U1 o9 a4 kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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3 l' w+ N* t" y( O5 E4 @$ M$ V1 uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
E8 o3 i( H6 espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 E% M u) A" u2 ^* E# y4 z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' e. i: @, M8 h8 e0 j! |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& G6 J8 R K7 O4 H/ Zthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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* \- C, C1 d, \ BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& ?& b' ]4 P9 k/ c4 u: x
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& Z( d. O8 |5 x
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" R, y: R( G& I( v r! X
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# s& Y3 i0 T+ v: l( i
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. C$ J% C: R1 z4 \8 s
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 X7 u" z$ \( U( [; R$ M* ?# V$ l# cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- j0 W9 Y' c$ F* jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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2 T0 s& w+ s, t5 b" W5 z f( cAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' W I, V: R6 M& p$ M7 Fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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7 ?/ R2 L' \6 z/ G# U, iBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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) r" A) o* J! |% F. v! yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 p3 K: w# d% j Q7 M# P/ a ~after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* F8 h- n+ U: |$ i7 L/ V+ M
9 v1 E M, X( xZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* ^: [% s" |2 k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) i; ^. B: h+ x0 N& S6 nUnd 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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