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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ F' r, u, y5 y- ^3 f6 c9 K. M* o: nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 v$ j, n l# `8 X$ g. R0 u
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in M% a8 n; E# J0 i1 A2 _# c) Z* ~
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
% Y' D& _; n/ W* w5 f- x3 Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 C- @8 b B& V! O8 yThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; i' n5 C+ H4 p! N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' o& M: Y7 }* p
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, c' x+ v% O2 o4 ^troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ U4 U. e2 }8 V3 v; l+ zfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( N f* l& B, t8 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- I- I' M" `" V2 T# P. O7 @( e! u# {ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 r9 ?/ y ^1 P- _, I1 D4 m
) _- G' I- q: _. f+ ?; ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. O' B2 i9 ]* ]7 ^7 {
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ U, S/ d6 x: `( bafter 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# | F0 x' U" R: H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! R- P5 O0 q" r- QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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