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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
\1 |" y- U- \0 @4 d' q8 Hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 L$ D7 e2 a& {! i
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! g' V( x |/ c! [( |% r/ P: Mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 Y. F( b9 r- b& |1 d" l$ ^
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". p3 {; ^5 \& E7 x# {4 S4 A
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 M+ Q0 ?/ S* w7 J* r) U
the sivil servants jump with joy.( f5 I0 _& L8 z$ L& m
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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# ?( N- f" [4 |$ YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 g5 r3 j6 ?3 } I- G8 j5 G2 J+ S8 S( Gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 ~* o6 j8 f+ Z6 _! a5 v% Rfotograf 20% shorter.
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$ p3 p" a6 x8 S9 D$ K% B+ x/ eIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ ]' d; U$ W" u5 K0 ]5 F$ r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ q# S- P- z! O( j$ W% ~6 l% L, l
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; E4 c0 ~5 t' f) X/ F8 i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: b6 g) g* D w2 j4 K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 l+ h* ^% t: {/ {' {( b' m
disgrasful and it should go away.2 h3 \8 n: L- Q* V, O
) }. l' b+ `- J0 h$ dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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/ y; Y: s5 p2 e% B4 B" d: ?0 [4 tDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 d9 a5 A1 l/ {after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ }! a9 w6 x" z7 H1 ^
3 q' f+ o7 ], ]& l0 @) pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. _4 g; q9 j* l9 Z) L) B, Funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 }( O9 G) u( `$ h/ QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& @. W, M& }" _. N# B1 o
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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