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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 Z& \& T' l2 u+ `+ v @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ H* I+ q3 z: _0 _: n: sthe other possibility.
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- l* u# v" I; s) v$ Z6 x4 uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* |' e0 m; |* ^/ R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
[) d! a, V# m1 f9 j% _plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% r8 I2 N5 U6 sthe sivil servants jump with joy.! \" l0 T2 K& b: S+ v. B
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' O% L3 |: t) {# ^konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; Y- s: J, x5 n4 K+ K' d8 `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( H R3 W. D0 K2 L6 i# J
fotograf 20% shorter.
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/ E% v/ d- M- S! PIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- l6 X6 K j1 q, D6 H W) N# Z" I3 breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 B) A$ `! ^3 ~* `8 _
6 ^. K+ f/ u4 t: t! t1 CGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' |. M: G4 W; Y) d; hben 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
" ]% R% D% R, h" Fdisgrasful and it should go away.; T8 R( R/ X/ }8 E
! h' M3 Q* L* j, ABy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
6 {1 I. @7 `% C1 ~0 E: @"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 [5 M7 e' o9 n* x/ { l4 b; b
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! I Q3 W4 l0 \5 ]( A% O, Y
2 Y2 {% z4 F3 _Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 e% H" g' j: b( a% c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- P( K$ C" E0 B5 fUnd 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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