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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ L, k4 s0 i- w. b( t- e( \5 z' Hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 J; _/ h4 A& Nthe other possibility.3 N7 D8 ^& \7 J+ T; c2 j1 v* ^! c
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! m5 k' f$ \# K' F- aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; ?2 y* C, N. u
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# L' [ ~) ]& }& U" x1 a7 o
the sivil servants jump with joy.) w: B8 l1 o$ O4 f- W( g9 ~' e
8 }. M0 Z' r" t- o6 D4 o8 |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 ^0 [+ v8 k/ J. v; o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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9 E0 Z- S/ r- d% fThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 E* I" C8 X0 f/ B# a- ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 {" L0 r( s% Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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; t. m) y+ O* g+ v( yIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ _+ n# V" U$ q6 W; yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 n! K2 I5 Z8 o5 F
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ B& C) r/ T Z, ?ben a deterent to akurate speling.& ~" Z$ c; V7 i/ o
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 V) L. J) U1 _) m2 F3 odisgrasful and it should go away.
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0 P" U6 k9 x; O% wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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2 E; T/ w$ H$ @$ jDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# u0 G: h6 `& Hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 s& q- w$ o3 n$ s( ]7 E
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* j2 O/ }! i! K/ i) vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 F1 H, b7 [. h& h+ G- e5 n( oUnd 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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