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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 {9 _& |8 r( g/ b1 H( Ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% u4 I( J) T; N
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# w+ n2 E, T" H: \6 l' N
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 r" N/ ]8 V! [7 U$ X1 J
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." y; H2 V: u$ M0 w" \7 ?3 B
7 z: T6 @8 A- iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 R3 L2 R. K0 g9 w; C4 pthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" E. {# W; c. D$ s$ u6 D7 I
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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8 @# F# }& F W% GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 L b x8 A- b: ^8 W" Q# ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 J: j4 A8 q" [1 }
fotograf 20% shorter. _/ p" a% g# u" h5 `
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% u, {. y/ x7 u' n) @0 W; |
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 w6 z! J' z! P4 H8 Z% `$ ]0 Q/ G% T
8 U, m2 n- M3 N9 p$ KGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
% E' ?& D# w+ j% ?5 i0 y' Qben a deterent to akurate speling.9 G$ u/ U- O8 X; R5 t
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; v; X7 c$ V2 W0 {6 sdisgrasful and it should go away. K, s$ s8 \7 }* k0 ]% P
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& s/ ]8 {5 w& i0 u) @: L& \8 X
"z" and "w" with "v".) v' n' F3 ^2 l! U' F
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 P s4 X5 _7 w7 o) e
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, }. j8 I1 B5 U2 T0 Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# l! m# N+ y7 A) f+ {1 t- a1 X9 X8 k
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: N% P! T$ l& u, UIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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