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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 G% Y( L6 a5 M6 h- E$ u: l: _be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ u0 @8 N& b/ z/ r0 W% n
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 y$ Y9 k6 I& E m( o; f$ d) cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) M; z8 y4 G* h1 s7 P9 J
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".# F! D9 E [7 ]+ |- I& u! p# I( @# |
; {! S* |; N, y( C: G2 g! _, \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 C3 g9 D7 z# _# F% E; q2 K
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 J1 N% D& x! Y! G5 ?" T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- X9 X. i- R) e ` p( W6 j
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9 H7 I" G6 H1 g* d+ i: J. CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 e9 H! a t! O* o$ ?
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: V+ Y6 u, P4 n; S { K
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. r, h9 ?$ L. ]1 x. U3 vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to h+ ~ G2 y) C }+ W, k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# q: z6 N$ F; ]/ B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
. h2 M# A. S6 Q' a2 i# b+ Gben a deterent to akurate speling.5 i$ A% y U: u+ B0 D& J* Q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
" {3 @$ N: i0 Ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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4 l3 q( M% ]* t! [0 N+ Y2 ZBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 D: X- n* g' d6 g* ]& M3 V
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 ?- G% G D" N
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 tu3 ^+ C) H$ O; ]- r- k1 e( {
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 `7 |+ G8 J) H1 _% I4 |0 R
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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