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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 X% D7 p6 F! S! Z( R0 qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ J$ h2 u" e: o2 J) h* O
the other possibility.8 g0 y, D7 [: C& Y0 h) a; R$ @
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 ?3 B. [' t( Y+ {$ W5 [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ [& s6 k1 x, i6 D5 k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ q: N0 ?: u) q8 n9 ~* j
+ \8 A* g; i* c- j! JIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! P: c8 l. m9 U' b7 ~: d
the sivil servants jump with joy.8 M9 j" q$ P) V5 w2 l# T, j
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! d$ K6 Z' Q. e3 k7 Q3 s3 @konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ N/ T1 H9 u& \ ]+ U1 F& j
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) Y' i4 e) W+ X* r) W7 L4 PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 x s' n$ b( P, F8 C8 u7 btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 n9 |" P E* V0 K" ?+ X# H! mfotograf 20% shorter.( {- U5 `' A& T8 U
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 g3 e9 H, b- d& E4 Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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2 g6 I" Z% X) C! [% l9 f5 I9 XGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; ^2 G1 N6 A) a! S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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1 I5 }* J3 s5 v$ ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( G) o: V4 D7 Q* L* O9 p8 m
disgrasful and it should go away.' t( J* {, P1 L" L8 ?
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By 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"and9 |6 P! C- g' i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- I; `$ |6 r: G9 |# J# L* l
* R+ V, u7 ]' \* GZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 C1 E8 j' G% U5 h/ Wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.; s8 E$ @' x7 L$ I* P% p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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`" _, M |& Y# ?4 a' [' kIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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