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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 M a. _ q0 c/ n# J- y0 Pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 \8 i0 U0 ]6 N( [: ~
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# B" y3 J' W# _& Y w1 H5 T
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 i2 _* M3 y; \; ]0 k" d
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 L9 c, @* g& n' F- L8 r5 L! T( Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.# ^) C$ Y3 o y
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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& W# R. Y% a8 h8 g: t# D6 QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 E W i" _7 `; T" Y, Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 s( s o# l2 b( jfotograf 20% shorter.: Y) Z. I. F6 c& k) Y! c
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. \* k& @, n0 \% |7 r/ X9 U4 X
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. N, P7 N" {. C# S2 iGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& _- k* ]5 N& M, _4 ]ben a deterent to akurate speling.' j+ p" R& c7 k9 \2 H" O+ X
$ \) t3 v. M, g; e) N: TAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 @& T) X. _+ w c+ zdisgrasful and it should go away.
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' X0 U$ P; r: l9 a: G* y% {By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ g: _& P' a6 T1 F' P- a3 C
"z" and "w" with "v".8 _4 `6 B! [. F/ [7 X" _/ I2 H+ L ~
8 w' e+ I: G8 j$ G6 IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* F5 G6 I, W' a) L/ Qafter 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 tu1 i* [3 J& u9 [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* a/ z$ w8 K: q, I8 }: g1 |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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3 H$ ~% }3 Y. P2 M- yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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