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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 p; M: o/ I3 tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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4 ~$ I* V: m9 e+ r5 O. bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ C9 p0 Y- A `5 t- N, w8 D6 x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% g# |. q* J! M) Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! y" Y, T: E" N: ~) G4 P0 Athe sivil servants jump with joy.2 R2 Y: W5 \4 m5 J' t+ j. D
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- |+ X, }+ n+ g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 i# x3 T( d* KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 c- V+ W$ _; E) k7 \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# C8 k5 D& L9 X8 P/ s l3 {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. }4 Z& L& l6 _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 z. E, I8 I8 y% _& ]8 w7 p- H) `/ @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 V2 ~& v. ^ Z2 m1 r T* N" n" N9 }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* ^5 y- R' C, v" s; D2 W8 M
ben a deterent to akurate speling. s7 M: k+ g! y7 H
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
" }; x N8 Z9 X. H- b* Adisgrasful and it should go away./ {) U2 u7 S- B: Q* E; E9 J$ z) n
8 N* F4 @& k! H. F* xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( Z! G6 y! R: M* t"z" and "w" with "v".6 T% L$ g% L% b4 p; e1 B6 |
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, t) x2 W8 _0 \9 K
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: G2 e3 V4 d8 V
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& Z8 `1 v, f2 F1 C* j: munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! D" s5 ?: {* }! O% F8 W; w, cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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