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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ n/ b: }0 ?7 z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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k |2 X+ C3 L6 t9 `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' w- _7 }9 g7 Q! o+ l& o" n& ]: E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" P' x! H% r: E/ Q# @4 g9 }plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. H. R, v6 U0 v: {* ?' E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 y! x; ]* V5 p, X2 ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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' }' u& w% @5 B7 i/ Z+ q' }/ LThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ L' O" E' K. b1 i* `5 t7 `* D+ u3 [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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, ?* M6 l. f# y9 M" ZThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, n- @* a7 S$ o7 V
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* b: N" J# ^: ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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# n% i5 H P& Q( V4 a/ n( k. {In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 ^# A g" p4 W4 b9 Z5 q6 ?
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 q3 z2 N5 ]# w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.+ e; V" m; @6 |3 {# F
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- m2 \9 T. ^6 ^) k
disgrasful and it should go away." `* a, \& D& l
) M3 J4 ]1 F, Y0 V7 MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 j# r) k R+ b# u/ Q
"z" and "w" with "v".' C3 U: o! q% J- A: m W
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 H1 W0 M: z: E% d" w6 e2 Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 R1 c! U; Q ^5 ^3 Z3 P2 s+ @
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: `# t t# ^. G! A% T2 v# H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." \3 t! x1 y; `6 X! G) m3 d5 G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* |# Q+ U4 s' f6 ~
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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