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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 c% W( m) y& k2 k# {5 I( |8 ~, mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ Q" t/ R$ I& k1 l9 _$ ^the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ B8 `% ~3 T' K* r) B, J( O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. [! B7 j' n5 N7 K
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& w3 [- {1 T! h2 M# c5 w6 b. \
5 T& X, y! C; H- z2 y4 @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. P1 H$ V& K" X9 B
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) E% t$ c! Y4 L" A0 v* ?% O+ C
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) @) R7 Q3 j4 m8 Z6 t
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 h! E+ t$ {* Y& nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& g5 u V3 O* Z
. B0 B$ J J- S7 wGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 u2 C' N; L+ c2 T& S1 pben 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
! T* N7 B) W2 E" E( w. b2 r g! j0 Gdisgrasful and it should go away.3 Q7 h, F8 T3 t9 d4 y; }' W" C
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 L6 \! W2 T) P d3 N" f
"z" and "w" with "v".- Y/ v4 v5 T5 @+ [2 l
5 ~0 g; q4 ^+ V- RDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; A; J0 v j+ T$ eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* H# q$ |( s( X
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& U' z3 i) r7 T* Q8 T& V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' o6 H* R- m# k |
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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0 [/ p: ?) Z9 e- L+ B: LIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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