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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, s0 _9 E* ]8 ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 s7 K( N6 \' b/ H; y5 i
the other possibility.9 L7 u! t" C8 `. N6 m
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# n- a2 \9 N/ \/ jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, a& x3 @5 W0 @4 D" U; yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; t# ^$ i+ m9 P5 h5 `In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 a2 o1 ^! v( S0 N' J
the sivil servants jump with joy.# U, C! X0 ?% _) ?
- @/ U v3 x7 F" _The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# B, i, {. X1 O6 g+ m' B% s6 A; ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 n6 X) k' K, m0 s
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 J* Q: P& D) [* d% Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 {/ V; q( q: n/ ]0 m
fotograf 20% shorter.5 F; M) e0 ~- w( a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; ^/ L1 Q: \0 c1 Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 @2 u+ O! l. T9 o' }& c
ben a deterent to akurate speling., |# g: }% }: t% C
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# A% A2 ^0 S$ @disgrasful and it should go away.$ [, _% m( {- B" j# e# ^, w6 D5 r6 S
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 G: w8 I$ r% W( {
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 T. \, L- F$ s: }& c$ u8 |6 X
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
; [5 N3 r+ h; |" e7 Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% T. ~" e0 |8 [8 HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 W: z4 u+ o% Q2 F( F
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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