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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( o( g- |; t y1 ?' N
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 T$ A9 C5 d+ t. y f# w5 W/ Z
the other possibility.* ~) W& ?; J5 g- f* Q/ \
% v* z! \# }# o- `; B6 mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 S# d' a. r6 L) ?6 xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; K4 W& `+ ?9 Y' ~6 P5 Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 h1 s- N1 c8 f+ \; T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ Q% ~7 }9 ~5 ~2 V7 hthe sivil servants jump with joy.- E0 C# V8 h% w1 V) L2 p
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ T7 m+ X6 \: ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% A( H) |) y1 a5 ^0 |! R) xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ N2 P3 H4 @/ ~9 B; f3 {fotograf 20% shorter.
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; C; n# w( [- n9 eIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 Q3 P w1 d' |" D9 U8 Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ o4 D7 j1 j& f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always U; F5 a6 e2 s5 x) k: e( a
ben a deterent to akurate speling., x, ?$ w8 H$ ?- V1 ^4 @
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% m0 @4 W0 Y! e/ V; X; |
disgrasful and it should go away.4 F" w% o4 f4 a
5 y% t- t: q$ |6 k" @By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 g3 N& d! H/ W"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ m& {3 N) v Aafter 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 tu
9 y# @: w4 |/ B6 T# Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& h8 l/ I }+ p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 _( |* v' t) q: p+ aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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