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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) I* ?: X3 V, Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was f7 O3 F1 @4 w5 z2 I. J+ m
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/ Y r& q! S) o/ `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* q1 x! b# ~$ A5 |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ Y9 o& r4 T; a' H# U* N
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 ]4 }0 \- T1 n# {5 p
: l& F) s o+ t! RIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! F m% m* U) f d( P$ q/ J$ z) mthe sivil servants jump with joy.# l8 S: t( g) P
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 |8 Z. k5 a3 E6 q! V$ Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. r! s, @0 ? t
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
9 o0 `3 k& d, V6 \- F% x- R& Efotograf 20% shorter.9 {' s0 X0 n6 S; ?/ l$ ^) c
7 }7 x( S0 D$ {# s( TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- b+ d+ E8 Z6 T9 F* {, w! y% sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 n; U' S7 s: \
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" f( O" x" {7 u+ R; _. k* S# w
ben a deterent to akurate speling." j. ]' e4 M: ?" n% }
+ [9 |! Q' m6 m4 ^! V! SAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 k+ n% s. Q$ ~$ n- g$ Wdisgrasful and it should go away.! j: \& ?( |3 p9 T! i2 C+ V
# g( y. S) S. ?/ L- HBy 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
; Y/ t2 _/ T6 T9 h: i$ y! S+ gafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: P1 d3 i1 b$ K& ?* z! G" [
% P( R4 [0 K3 R; K2 X4 DZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- H9 D7 ]. }$ k+ h+ A
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., V9 b5 D0 c) l( I% l
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: j1 q5 J1 f z/ r$ |& F' {
forst plas.
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2 s3 [+ x" B! l( wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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