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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* g# C# o2 z `) ~/ Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 @. L5 E6 X: C) D# y. |) K9 b8 Cthe other possibility.( d B$ I% {( \# ?3 h9 V
6 Q( L8 d$ m4 MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
5 r# ^' e0 n1 \, D; O+ l" sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ H6 B: i9 T& \* d) m: r" k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) a5 y" X- p/ ?, ~0 b, fIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: ?, ^8 ^! D' [8 I' i+ W8 dthe sivil servants jump with joy.- d: y8 n4 ^' t* f
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 r, @0 o+ k; j' ?) o! i; a# @9 C
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 L* d C! Z: K8 o( j3 L& P
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; c; w9 m( U. Q7 J# [! wThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 `. J/ t0 Q3 Z- }troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: o5 o8 A& q4 ufotograf 20% shorter.
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0 w( S, O5 S6 I+ \In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 q8 q. t# W6 h* P9 H7 Q$ O- Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 p* S/ L' H4 [8 s& _1 y0 ^ben 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
) d$ v* ^. y+ E1 M+ K, Q) ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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! S& i! \6 b* F* r* |* d( rBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& }. q3 T! B% M M! l6 I
"z" and "w" with "v".) m" [6 z8 O* }& R2 v( R
. k2 Y; e& ], i5 N& g- Y+ e7 w8 `0 sDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 E3 d' y( L2 J* V m3 ^, y1 Q
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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' Q6 {& ]+ H; U' TZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: m, E% y0 Q* O% E9 w" ]0 A8 B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ Z( _; l' e: b$ |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# P' t" s% f0 P1 k& sIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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