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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( t0 X3 R" y1 [* \6 F0 b
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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( H, W n6 l3 l* @- q: YAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' j$ I, t2 J0 e8 X2 f6 Ospelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' r& t% H% x/ a$ uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: ^4 e- w8 t; v5 y. @* @2 [1 c
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! ]+ n) C" V. N% Z d1 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.8 o7 M; X1 y% J) ~- i
! q& O# o3 T# R0 w6 CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' S8 z, H& o! S! N0 L3 F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* N: ]/ V% d3 J& K, u
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" _- b+ f% a1 |& V: W; LThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 ^, t ]3 Y) U! S& a# G! O
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, z1 W' F- K( D+ }: d2 K7 {+ W
fotograf 20% shorter.& t% L! q. P$ @6 a9 J0 r5 Z
0 P8 a& Q2 g0 i& t; OIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# {% k: q' Z2 D3 p; Q" K& I; Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 G$ N# n6 p' h# a
. G& T& w. i `/ ^8 N8 A& u# o# ]' ~Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
* X: n& e5 M5 V6 qben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* L, Y3 W2 W4 q4 W; QAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ U" _% i5 e. C4 E7 P0 I5 s6 O
disgrasful and it should go away.- q' E2 R8 z+ B% a3 m
9 {$ B* y+ E; K: f7 Y% P/ P& GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
q |: q7 L6 q Q+ \+ y"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 O6 X8 m# A/ ?! V$ s8 |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 |" R, F" v; W9 n: Y4 l
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 R, P9 B9 [& W/ L" F+ j1 c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% D2 W% i8 d5 t) \3 }/ Y' s; G0 P4 NUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# ]6 u% z1 q/ `+ R+ t* d5 x8 @2 K
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( J+ B. n7 J* `( J4 [1 C2 sIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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