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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: F( M7 t7 c) z6 @! lbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 l9 g" k: W% R: P1 Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 c; N4 s; H5 A3 ]# F0 _8 F: B
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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$ R: l8 n/ a. @" Z1 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 O. J" C! ] f9 R1 f' d
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 b! v. @, {1 `4 z# G4 tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 U( \7 C; _$ ?) w% I6 |konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 v& E( e0 e; A- @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ ~; A, N& h' |; R9 U5 {fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& _% l+ v+ X$ A, C+ I j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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5 d7 e* v, h/ T% f; aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: |# [+ }+ J( }1 n/ ^& a/ Fben 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
( k' n% S1 q, P+ E+ K- M' K7 Mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: k8 F% C# z; M. G
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 ~9 K! x c9 z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 X3 o0 E9 _' S$ p, I2 H2 ?$ Z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: y* [9 M" K w% [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* u* C" E4 g7 A2 Q& ~; c! zUnd 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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