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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 e' b2 ]% Z `5 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
$ d0 ]1 g- f; N2 y' `9 Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 J& K1 m& z# ]- [' w8 s6 G; uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* ^3 z* i. H6 g+ g. a3 T/ X
0 c( `- \# u( ^8 u# }, a3 mIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. b: I! e5 d [
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ G- j& s" k1 ~# C1 N
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
t' E7 |; _0 d v y8 Q/ Zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! i6 E0 k8 o& t, |2 _: L# r
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ N( u/ \, a3 C( w4 T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 F) W, o4 E6 }4 e0 e# c( lfotograf 20% shorter.
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! v7 Q, M3 @/ i0 }In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 ~" N# H" P1 c5 b7 @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 l! k6 k0 W, l7 n0 A7 l/ kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) F7 Z7 E' v: B6 ]ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' o8 {% _4 @0 l
disgrasful and it should go away.9 H! b$ J S6 u [: s
' X5 g: @5 e2 U9 E& rBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) v8 m, V# y/ L3 q& T- S2 G( A
"z" and "w" with "v".
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! D" B1 n! |6 o6 I- S( R u' NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 m' J( V# d/ }: S) h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." G* J! F D+ X8 v
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 c+ i" c) a* x9 r! U8 ]* tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! h; b; \" v. R C5 b$ Y0 Z4 [
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) {8 o5 \7 \. [; r& C) x3 X$ o
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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