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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% B2 }- J0 @' g5 K0 o# y, hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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& E/ L/ e) Y. U7 w( NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 }; l: S' r% F9 |5 B; x% ~spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in- v2 e, n( F q- b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". \- {% v9 k' S" a+ t3 L0 {4 U
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; _3 d/ y' s, e6 ^# X/ V+ n( ]- ~9 c0 gthe sivil servants jump with joy.$ c% @, B5 O, L q, ` N( c
: W7 {9 Q7 y9 F9 N7 pThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- B6 m4 f# T7 [; T" `0 j% q4 okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# A5 v/ W1 ~, [( ]* @There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, B6 o3 ]; \; R7 t) I5 w) ]. C6 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 i& u3 C; n( lfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* A9 H& X q1 ?5 R. i. K/ ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# p7 b% I6 x9 C0 o) Q$ D& p7 u
( T( e! J0 k0 k3 E, N( O- z# zGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 }4 [* g8 h; G
ben a deterent to akurate speling. ^' \) Y6 T7 c+ x' \- y8 }
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, t* V* w# I8 F2 Z! ~- l
disgrasful and it should go away.% }" |9 B! Q0 w2 V1 b: U
8 v; M# c0 s H9 YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
+ [9 u& r m3 m"z" and "w" with "v".
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- G! n0 I, Y5 o/ T" MDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 C3 i5 a4 C, l+ R0 M2 @& X
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( E1 F9 }6 x. N9 i
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& |5 ?4 V4 ~% U. C/ w- I. munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; \) @/ X" C+ f1 b- |5 u( `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* v8 b" O, `$ c$ a0 Q: }! n2 m
forst plas.
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; O r2 ?3 C8 U# q# ^% B& wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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