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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- D' n+ C! I7 k* }3 Z) ?' E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 V7 l1 w) T, P3 R
the other possibility.3 o6 C( [$ `/ x: I# q
. K+ L! s6 {) D; {* q1 [1 IAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 _2 i9 i) @/ ?; E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 g9 A- X6 b0 R6 A& Z8 bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# F* Y9 y/ r: a. T" J) Fthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 ]" A7 D4 z( _. P* j+ hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 y% b$ `% G9 T. e5 U( gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- i8 f8 a- V/ N m! B8 m
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1 D# r( Y! r5 q% {- F! qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! N8 V5 L3 P- | Z. d; d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: d2 o4 @5 Q: \( E1 A. [fotograf 20% shorter.
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; s/ N1 P" ^0 t/ g' j6 u$ lIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% R) ^# u9 |# X" E% S8 E7 preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- a2 v& ^! P2 |' G4 y
% k4 y. z! x* j! @! hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 N, K: Q" R# ]8 Oben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' [# C3 {6 e/ G0 k [4 cdisgrasful and it should go away. g' n& I$ i) \ x9 D& y" K: [
. ]3 v* L" ]4 M. I5 h" l! e+ HBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( y9 {) {1 F: H7 N: A8 z3 x: l
"z" and "w" with "v".: U& ]" [0 K1 t, {8 h7 N
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, M( g; \- a5 R' u* v
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- @+ Z% X! U" x# z- V$ T4 iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' w( _ y( a- j {understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# f, R6 ^7 a& r3 h1 S' J* e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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6 U( o9 |8 L4 l, C e/ pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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