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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( n3 Y! ]7 i0 x# {1 Dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 b4 h1 d) r. H+ G" d; Q- S# r
the other possibility.
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, [. B! T$ L8 _9 z BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English J6 V# ~0 q4 t% y* V+ Y2 a
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ O& Q' A' X; {& _! m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* U, z. m" o6 C' _6 N {! k
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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: U8 v* E0 B2 ^; l: mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& ~8 x# ^' [0 i4 X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) U0 T2 B( m1 _. q1 ~
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! i, ~0 l& ~* s( E4 {0 K0 g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 O3 y \, `, K6 V9 ]3 K' {: G( d) }
fotograf 20% shorter.% v5 c: K1 e% Z
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 Q6 H5 [6 ^: @( O: E& l$ N( L
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ ?6 G' g( O- ~3 ]* S3 xGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 O9 @- `7 z' A6 t% P4 Xben a deterent to akurate speling.& ?7 f) L8 X; M. [
7 o5 U* d: J. l* U+ f+ JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 ?8 J! s& R9 e* e; J" m v
disgrasful and it should go away.' x* O# [) a4 O) [
; G' c( a! @" QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! q+ N! |$ [5 _, I
"z" and "w" with "v".1 \. s7 ?) H/ X: c9 _0 {
2 j: Y' r+ ]: v3 x s/ L8 NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& i& ?' C# n5 p9 c
after 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
" z% \; P3 F& Q. K% j5 lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 D1 _2 C9 h& xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' t$ ^4 R8 q& O* C4 c
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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