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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% \6 z' R7 K7 K4 x+ \$ X) [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
$ O6 \) E+ A$ ]/ l0 {the other possibility.9 E3 V6 f0 U% z. M* m
' s% [ z5 g, j+ I$ Z# U aAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 y8 z9 v! h. Z j1 P" _spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* x' r: ^7 u, q6 O0 R. b+ C
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., N+ n! v+ ]9 s1 I
. |) h% _& S$ t- l" oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 X1 r. J( ]5 T
the sivil servants jump with joy.; b. f# Y- k: |: E+ I
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" ^- y3 Q( J% ^ w- Qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ ] y$ c8 U2 f# M4 D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 y& w; d8 y [
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( V. z9 Q( o2 i1 n" _fotograf 20% shorter.
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; a1 c1 C9 P2 c2 |+ ?2 @In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. J {& `+ B/ l4 i9 s8 }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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3 L9 w: C- V2 x: Y, dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* X5 c( {# E4 a
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
J* X+ ^6 b2 J) I: e: C8 ]5 n5 @disgrasful and it should go away.2 X& u8 y0 l7 ^. N
6 c: | A0 D+ g* _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 v- L# [6 Y, A. V"z" and "w" with "v".* { Y6 g( n: R7 T1 n) [' V
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' G( v) k% P2 ~4 s
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 O3 I" }' i4 Z$ g& e+ o8 l" _
$ A* ~# }; _0 _$ z1 `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& R- X, h) M% M
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 t7 G L d: F# ~# l' }) n
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 C, m5 X9 H$ m$ I
forst plas.
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. f$ E. \, _- N4 v3 KIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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