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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 k! p% o" p- K% b( y" Pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- L1 B& n! c. L
the other possibility.! M, r, m) w4 R% W
' L( Z! O9 l3 g: O: F1 pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: W1 k- H) J7 y8 f" c, l
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ z' i" F" p0 E$ Q: b" u
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 k, g* @# y$ [6 P" B
. l/ C8 ~6 s* X' v, c( M) eIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) _; j# F: U3 C4 `$ Q+ ^, j( B
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 @2 K: v% |2 o! p8 p) B) B: [% v3 t! N
2 Y# \1 G9 V, o$ Y9 Y$ gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ e, @! g% b5 y/ c7 N5 ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. z$ i4 L# O1 D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 n2 \) ^3 G* S gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ P& r3 `/ j8 k& V& b# Hfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 J2 ~ D" F) t2 N' i
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% E# H1 c$ u* X+ q$ v' g# V E+ \$ R
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 z5 w0 }* z5 e" }! j8 Q6 J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 ]% B2 P0 Q+ [- x; O
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 O- u! B1 |; ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" G1 f# M+ O( i% R! a. D2 I7 I
"z" and "w" with "v".
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; i; s- ~* M, t+ J" N9 UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# O8 G5 g0 `7 nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 O4 t h2 G* v$ k* b- K9 r7 V* F& `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 K$ ~3 H/ q/ Q( b ?1 ^( NUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 d' Y0 ~: \1 M# E- l/ ?0 ]
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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