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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
$ V4 I6 ?& q# P, }be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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! Y) W! r5 w( v5 t. ~! ^As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ r3 V E, s( g% [; q& d+ j% {spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
w, T2 `- y8 v8 d/ Q7 splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 F- j& Q# u: U( I5 K
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) x" G: \* j S) P4 O* Y* V
the sivil servants jump with joy.* v+ S2 X, M. T) z1 Z5 [1 @
& P% V) s* X( u: ]. [$ ^3 OThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) o# `% H \/ ~- p6 a* i3 v6 ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 ~ p9 x/ q' P: ?- w+ i/ h3 d
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, E8 B* z& U2 K' ?+ ?troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% V) f. E% B" u5 c) I9 g
fotograf 20% shorter., s) _# M2 `8 D. f
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' |, U" C- {" q& s
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% G0 P2 `! n+ L' a& F+ W
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By 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
$ [* |0 T6 {+ W9 p$ {3 [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, w4 B5 h- ?/ k s; W6 wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 L' l8 C& [/ j- G: ], X
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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