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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: g2 ]4 h& u5 { X7 T! q3 kbe 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 English1 {1 }7 G8 ^7 M: b' V2 h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& ^, j& {# @) F3 h1 g2 Oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% S! W, \9 f) _$ _" `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ ~# n- C i# _; `) O* k+ H0 @- N
the sivil servants jump with joy.( f4 O1 n3 J+ h
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 X1 H* _1 |/ v/ j5 D6 z" r9 e5 [9 f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. E9 v! J5 Y" p4 ~7 D! A& j
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 Q1 L" w9 d& U o! h3 g
troublesome "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
& w9 C# m& p* j! oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 w- j/ H, d1 [; W) y
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% v( C7 f6 v0 G% Y8 n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 n# I9 ^3 Z" F0 a& F& y9 c1 Y, M
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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1 y0 [3 {5 |3 O# R: d; JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" w6 D4 B9 }9 |" U
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 @, G$ o7 V% R2 {
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( h; P4 y# p8 w" }
forst plas.
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- ? L% y8 Q) l& n+ A" FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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