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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 f) o% v) X' F3 M$ ? k
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& R8 X3 |0 F! ^ Y2 n( _
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( _% i' e4 w' H1 B' D8 W
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ i, W3 P( _( v1 Hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! R. S+ k' e" I$ t. Y3 h7 ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 e0 A3 \) `5 Y; y7 x( G" ~
- R; _6 C1 a4 l* O$ ^$ ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; y& z1 V J$ W, d7 h4 S8 \9 z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% V! X1 T; k- K5 Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- {3 B; s' v5 ?! A. Ttroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' O# q% G, M2 f( I3 Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# m0 d. ?6 j5 |& @( }# GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 }2 C+ S. G, F+ O. [1 N; {
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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6 k2 J: t, U% I! HAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) V4 d$ m- M/ A% u% E( @
disgrasful 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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" U' |4 q% }' X; SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. X* w' C: ]% hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% e e' g6 W1 T t- m# }
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' `% a; A- B9 D/ {" Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# ^/ r' R, M4 R5 U6 Y8 `- rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 Y" Q4 \9 {8 Y% [, {
forst plas.
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% Z% W5 N1 f. e* V/ H3 |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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