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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) _3 k7 [! W+ D; v; @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; i7 Q+ L$ I' C6 r) h
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 m9 _/ J6 O: z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& v/ ^) S8 Q* D, g3 `$ p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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S; u$ D9 v/ E( I# O; bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, J0 O" e5 N* O# B1 [1 z, tthe sivil servants jump with joy." A5 i. ?. ~1 e- ~( K# q9 n
# _% y7 y7 K+ L* aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( R: Q; m* a1 p5 G% o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 {. q& \8 F8 V$ O: Z( P9 E6 mThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! V4 B( E! z6 n8 h I5 G8 T2 [
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ g. h6 b6 ^' y+ t4 ^
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% o/ {; E5 o& C5 E& q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' ^3 ~% {$ i# P- f5 P2 v4 I
ben a deterent to akurate speling.! R0 k. }" x9 p3 Q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% y8 R( X. y) {" p' s( r
disgrasful and it should go away.8 e3 \7 m" [: t1 U- g) V: u/ t
5 W1 r1 I7 w7 r' k" V) WBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% X" }; i4 s# ], `# W
"z" and "w" with "v".2 l: J3 P2 I. `8 f
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" L, W3 J0 o/ o/ [0 n& |; aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- I8 v- H# o6 K1 n8 f8 NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 k2 X5 G! m7 h& ^' yunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 M$ \' M4 D3 s6 [! q; U3 e* z, BUnd 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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