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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 i" v& D$ n) E- d1 W$ B/ O# [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
! I% H0 n4 o: L. Z# Kthe other possibility.6 N; N Q/ u' i) D- G8 H
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; j! h. s: Z; Y% K N4 A: aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ t) t) ^) e4 M" t; Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
7 o* T5 M. o2 G+ D3 h% y$ b1 Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.! l, [8 u5 a* s; @9 P
- s' i- d8 G3 g R7 _1 w# AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 X3 y+ f$ ~9 \- Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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, J+ X; q* g" i& F0 V9 eThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* K7 S @& p+ Q |- w$ h* dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) ^/ t/ |4 t: B1 s- B5 ]% O
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
]/ b7 \- F- j5 ^! Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& r% u2 l3 C, H3 @- i" F# \( }
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ n/ j" r8 i: Xben 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
" J; |. J6 T6 s( ]: ndisgrasful and it should go away.: w7 s+ S, B4 d) o
# c- P: j9 J8 ^9 ~By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 e- a9 `. d$ {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 W3 j" x" M1 c- {& b+ c
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." V. O' Q! I+ F: G" h: ~
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( S7 t+ Z& L ?4 i) q. j
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 U; F$ K7 [ g6 G9 y; ^$ oUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; O9 ]' x5 R8 i
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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