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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& n$ w8 A' s- |6 O H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 y9 F4 [7 H5 E, L: z
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7 p3 y8 \6 G) y q6 N( \As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 @# F% `0 B# R7 |2 o) q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ `6 v$ ?/ h" V' l5 g; P. ?! l
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( d5 `4 C9 |/ g \3 L
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! d& K4 j6 M* \% \5 Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 n, W8 E+ q" y: M( Skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 V7 S' e. w) c% X. QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 r a" q5 y; |0 G j; T2 P# mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& w' x: g8 D) ?0 _fotograf 20% shorter.& X' O/ z$ O) k( K' l' y
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% G/ d @- t4 oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. h% S; m7 u; u: u7 s
7 I/ [0 @' @) gGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) O& T7 m7 r% @/ X3 |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 f5 `% U& P: d% j) ]5 W
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# H* e g, U/ w& p0 Qdisgrasful and it should go away.9 Y4 Y4 @* E+ Y, L
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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/ X0 k: J) E; g2 CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
J9 ~. e; l- G0 z7 E" Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. x' m N$ o3 u% a% U1 g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 m+ }7 d0 {6 g- B, r O( p. @
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 R% H1 G8 Z2 |/ i; v. G
Und 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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