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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ F* L4 A; c3 h g1 k4 a, @. obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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4 r6 x4 y( v1 W9 O0 \' O9 JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( L+ v8 O5 y1 A* xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 X3 s' w3 a1 @" Y
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 i( H- r8 J# S/ |1 Z$ N
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ M; U( d! S- ^- v. ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 @& T' ?( V' v+ P9 z; W) o
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* |& G2 n2 |( p6 P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. @/ V+ ?- l* y2 v' R f
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 m8 ^, L% j! S7 Q" p. Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% h/ D+ g. X9 s9 w( u( ~+ |' z; _: d' B
fotograf 20% shorter.
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7 ]% w2 c) {. I0 W4 D! PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ b1 G* d$ c: |
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- N2 N! u- x& f2 B/ P6 s( Y
+ ^; ]# g% c0 U; jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ I/ O! K% [2 J9 q6 L
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; z1 }! q) K) e# o \. W6 H R" H$ hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- }9 j/ ^; u0 }% o2 W
disgrasful and it should go away.! {, _3 T4 D2 H
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
5 M2 t2 _' ~6 s; }"z" and "w" with "v".
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, n" q. I2 a+ b' F/ Z' M5 j+ G# \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* V, k0 c* V' d) e) M. M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: K# L6 G4 `3 w+ m# C
; R7 h6 q6 a3 x4 M) ?9 t4 uZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* Y# l( {+ T+ d, R
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 _" H1 H3 p' ? l) FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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