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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! s. h% l# G8 u/ u$ g6 h% `- Mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 c5 }/ T8 E! q2 c. u8 Ithe other possibility.
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9 u+ p9 Z9 n' p5 AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ J0 h' ]3 \" S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! ]) ~& c. ?( l
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ y; ]& j) [' i4 ~! U" ~
4 F. m% N0 i8 ^* u0 @* DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& b' O2 f0 C9 v) I0 B7 u
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 ?! |) ^ j- V, B
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! S# ^* F; D+ K6 ^. P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ j# O8 ?# p6 w
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 N$ z) v1 V- @$ ~" c& Vfotograf 20% shorter.7 [0 Y* {+ F$ I8 h
4 G9 R# C9 q4 X. k7 P CIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; ~6 `5 I& |1 U; Z8 f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ l6 Y3 U, E: h2 N: F M& M/ A; E
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" v* P) r8 D$ j) E; Fben 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- M# N( ~+ z/ f1 s5 n, V
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. Q t' Q; T5 j- Z0 D' ^: R2 l: ^
"z" and "w" with "v".
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6 D8 T' Y3 ]) X7 c( s2 iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! O+ v1 _7 X5 u$ H/ tafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' @7 c, C6 o* Y3 {
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. H+ R" S* [" f6 a8 {" C( a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ H& d) a$ w' A. O- {8 T8 JUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 u+ h# O4 r8 `- ?
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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