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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
|: z& `) R# i$ j5 s5 pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 _- B6 C) N7 b" k$ @7 b/ Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 P& \) ?9 W# X h2 d! A! x% splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# s) ^4 z- n) m0 g
3 H+ L" |% G* r7 q7 sIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 _; Z6 x; Q p" W5 I
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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. Z/ r& m- S# g! b, |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. U0 v, g2 C/ S1 Ukonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 d( Q% h: K9 W) J- R
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% N7 {8 [+ _( L h
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ L$ T5 K: ^' Z9 _& C# Ofotograf 20% shorter., ~) ^, `1 t5 t) m! Q# R* j
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& p& A. A* r8 ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ W: B! j2 @4 l4 |- n6 U$ W
( n/ U* X% u. \8 W8 \- h6 {4 gGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, ~! b. y, L; U9 k5 ?% d; oben a deterent to akurate speling.
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, t& {1 D0 a% l# hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 J" d7 O ^+ e
disgrasful and it should go away.
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! h+ [) q Y) J- WBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 w( E: O+ T6 ~- ~
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 f6 f/ B" R. g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& l. o: c( e1 ?: `
, q8 A5 c+ c/ Z% YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 C+ E9 `$ M" {5 N/ {' t& Q( munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 d+ ` \1 ^" Q2 Q3 \( I% ~- gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, E# f, c: h0 n" [+ ^9 k
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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