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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 a# n. R! o( P4 |4 I1 [5 k
be 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 English8 A4 x" I0 T+ o# F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; [( q9 a9 T8 }% p" B
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 [4 S1 A7 w" M7 \' z( E' B% v* l3 u9 _
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" |; B. \/ n$ s7 P7 g
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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( v# A0 q7 @3 D: [5 S0 B2 M# G- }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ X5 L3 [. d( S% _( I) I }) o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: @" X' |/ v' N
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9 [0 t. G5 F9 }! {1 bThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) i. i4 E1 v0 G
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 ]2 S5 y# ]( u$ O: X H
fotograf 20% shorter.$ X1 g" O6 G) @2 E
) |# r) w* n1 `7 g; g! h& w7 l( NIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, Y" S B* l! ?: C+ {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 v( z& I( F( h( u/ y1 a* t( q& w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% r- \$ u) ~9 E# D2 Z/ C3 _- z
7 |9 N% Q4 ?" b' A! ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, L5 H; k% b( Q. S) V! Vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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& t5 L6 V- V% x0 I0 \8 n) B+ z4 W$ xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and u, `- X4 m* v* ]5 l$ E
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- M0 W. f7 p1 T- t' H4 a9 L
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- x$ o/ j+ d% h: X: b( M; L0 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* j4 {4 Q( c1 r3 ^" hUnd 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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