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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
p& F$ _. t. n4 i1 o9 U pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
% Q" X4 M5 {0 o, N" Vthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) v- T4 |% c" W2 ^ L2 e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ w4 o7 [4 n) ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 [4 M/ C C- f; @& y
7 w# a4 P+ ?; T/ T+ q; ^( s& GIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; n# a7 u! ]; h
the sivil servants jump with joy., e. @$ X( C. d. Z2 o
6 o9 \& O1 R" F: Y6 eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# c0 k) R4 t' a( w/ ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." u$ e/ l0 k, ? k) r; Z
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- I8 s+ P E* W3 @" C; ^2 dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: \: i( j2 v: H9 C4 K" E/ qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ o* S, Z! ]/ n- I5 F
fotograf 20% shorter.# X7 I% z X$ B& k
# D7 ~7 D6 d+ IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: y& z! w" y% t3 o* f0 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 u/ E. C# c% c2 U% I) y
ben 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
7 i9 @& {( C4 i( D7 A3 i$ Adisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' C- b% L2 |! \6 t3 _3 `6 d: b1 }
"z" and "w" with "v".! ?; t3 t$ O0 {5 _
2 {4 c5 ]6 {8 Z8 e, Y* IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 c' y h+ Q2 R+ x! T; y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. j; M' j z% H$ h
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 T& j" H- T4 P: f; [+ Cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 q% `2 A" l3 h) i
Und 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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