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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# w& V( C; T0 z- D' C8 |& ~2 T- Sbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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% l4 L* `$ R& L: O, S) t( U9 SAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) c$ g% q! `6 i/ L- w
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ V. H. |% \& w) o2 s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 |' I( }( k9 ]& D* ~
/ y+ R0 ]/ T* ~" m9 RIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' B4 I3 s' z( _/ ?/ a, Othe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& t7 ^& ?9 i8 p, b7 Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. ^ u* l9 P, y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 z3 H& O, F) u0 {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 A2 w- ^, c3 g0 ?
fotograf 20% shorter.3 b: i+ j" @* z \$ Y
& F" }! \" z4 E0 H8 b" h; pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ q, m- ^" S/ t' b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 U5 F% O, @) \7 C9 f* z$ x
$ n( g; e/ ` b$ ^Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& K- `: j' y; S( ]" I; A4 n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' E+ g; u7 K9 Q, W4 T
+ N+ u) P2 I" _; v" M! s, {( n' TAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
@+ _7 M& q' U4 b8 |disgrasful and it should go away.& A: A: N0 H% @
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' c/ z) B \) T, m/ |; w( j
"z" and "w" with "v".
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# ^# C d, Z5 `' ]. UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 F, h5 `! H' }( L4 D4 K# _- B/ F- n' ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: F1 k/ d* I5 H% E9 a: i$ r2 y" UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu q2 R5 I: w7 G# q7 @% s3 p6 v
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. o2 w8 ]: L# p: sUnd 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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