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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# J; s3 B$ W# J% e0 B+ p/ hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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3 L5 j0 ` v) b: Z8 KAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; [" m+ e6 H% f _6 Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. y7 V, V; L. jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 f$ O. {4 ^, h1 s) O% u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 E: M* B6 W& ^5 X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' D8 p! K3 q" C0 l* o# u
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. Y- @! [; _( ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( b+ C; v. L* q, V
fotograf 20% shorter.( } q3 Z# @/ o" U
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% b- p2 \- B" X7 b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., v$ c# l5 k/ Q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& c5 {( T% Q2 _* I
disgrasful and it should go away.! I* @' L% |( S% y! K
2 {5 o: P- h/ o$ ?; r% h2 FBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! }- o( k0 D* x: R3 {% v& v
"z" and "w" with "v".6 q I8 n& ]7 e p- c* g8 ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 p [8 i* E1 Y3 e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ x9 S' t0 k) k+ V2 d
& C \" D$ o& O! o: e% c; EZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 R/ \0 _+ ~7 C9 G6 o2 h* h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! b0 {& z' K" `) t8 Z1 FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 q- N1 t3 x; g8 U# r
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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