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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# v2 n$ p" A+ qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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9 E" g7 }( X. u: k% r' D# hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* M" v1 B% }, ^8 h& e9 o5 S" X) `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! N' X( _6 j6 |. j4 C
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& K' e- D$ s4 F/ e
the sivil servants jump with joy.* U L D9 C. C: w* S& j* R+ M
& s& u/ b1 }+ D! [% H, q" }; m6 BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. {8 S! A4 ~ e+ H& C9 G6 n2 T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: q3 V" s" S" r
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, t9 n+ K9 S+ W$ V" q x G) s, sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" k& @+ \. Q9 a3 u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! l- d8 ]3 ^- O0 f$ d2 {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! z9 p0 A" p- o4 J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- ?* f ]( C F; |3 s- f. d
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# V8 a( ?7 G9 E+ \ben a deterent to akurate speling.% _: \% |: a% I2 j% }3 v
. O% a( O2 P" F, e4 oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 P% q G: l3 B- q3 r
disgrasful and it should go away.' C3 h, [ j# S3 b( S7 ^' F2 P
8 }7 ?, u# _, u2 |: o; OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
& G B/ z# w- B* ]# ["z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: u- w4 k9 L' S' W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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! R' C, Q/ Z5 l6 G A8 L9 jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& t+ `1 c( y( @
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ W8 m. k* |" u! M4 W! mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 t: K @5 P0 n- c e" `" ^ c9 s
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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