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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& a$ L7 z* J$ v+ ?, ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 G6 ~* v- H- {) l; ?# m+ q
the other possibility.+ C5 r* G t& T
8 I1 A% V, c' M& R/ k: x: dAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, ?! n. ?5 [3 [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 Z* a1 Z Z" Y, l. u* R8 v4 Tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& u8 J4 H, X v7 \
1 N) z; ?! ?- n0 t, N/ v3 jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 @- J5 D; d' M9 n& K; e3 Ethe sivil servants jump with joy.3 }& \/ n$ b5 J, g; ^/ L: r+ p
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' U0 `4 Q/ ?% Z. l& F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' {6 k' B( h+ aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ K, H& I2 h- b% v o5 Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 f V# o+ d3 p& j& `1 I* Yfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! ~$ G4 K) l8 L5 m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* |2 m7 B. a7 A, v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 z2 u1 Y) F4 x; r0 M" Z
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- W' V( o4 P5 [# Gdisgrasful and it should go away.6 N) L- [" f/ g& |1 l- H4 n
- ?3 m) p. e: b/ I" S- sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
9 q: P p8 i9 c7 I/ }9 c"z" and "w" with "v".' i6 R" j( S) A V5 B4 k
' F& m5 T5 c6 y, o) o; w7 _# P; n9 SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: e1 k7 \: A. G0 I" D1 X' [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
$ C0 T1 z: m- Z* e6 Z4 x ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ F; o* ]; F. h! l1 L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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3 @, L# ^# ~* g7 tIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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