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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
- e t, J' K/ x, E" h% ?' b/ Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) t5 v! I* i( i) b( E
the other possibility.* c) E) y% x8 m5 u' @* P. I( D
# i' [% |6 n6 J- G' J+ g5 J* S$ ZAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 E2 q* L. J" j9 x, o2 R/ B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ W9 P b' C7 A; a0 b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ E& m' K8 b# t2 S, o: k2 ~* W5 U
1 n7 H" G& n% s; ?1 K: I% HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- y, H: b7 t6 n5 A5 Q3 o
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 ~8 e: X( A! k% n7 r$ |2 ^ b7 l
1 r1 ^. r, o$ S; Y, w( x8 FThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 j2 a6 U3 @3 Z1 B# ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) w7 x5 C7 R; z( j" Itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# j: D7 W3 {; L1 |/ z+ p
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; t& ?8 [2 h4 [) `1 T% uIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 @1 t7 @- Z* ~# G4 Freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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1 ^4 R8 L. o7 p; _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- M5 c2 B( P% k+ P+ j
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/ @5 h4 C8 X! S/ v# l# i' S. W
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. |. }8 e. q+ ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 s0 X4 E4 J; V: M% L4 Y$ Q& ?( AZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 R9 Z) Z8 |" z& R9 aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# V+ e- [" P7 Q0 f' J& Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ s! t$ d: g) o+ |* B9 p0 g# I
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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