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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* J# L$ A% F m* b O
be 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 English/ d- w$ u. A: x! P6 g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' K! G" p+ y H0 V8 u r! P8 w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! l( S/ {$ U9 _# | t
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. c7 Y. C- ?) l2 P: p
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. [' [: ~. Y- [" X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 M9 o0 H5 a. E- l7 nThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 ~& b ^/ S7 f7 e+ k% `2 A
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
|9 E" ?- \: {; ^fotograf 20% shorter.0 l7 X u; F6 X2 N; [8 H
1 Q+ a9 s$ f$ M( AIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( c6 N% X& S7 n) I5 {' [
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( G+ J5 P3 x0 M/ V
ben 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
/ o/ E0 K: {2 D5 U6 s( zdisgrasful and it should go away. B5 ? I# u2 v/ `4 E
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 X, [2 k# c# E) W& t. y! {
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 C& j P0 g/ B4 v% [4 `+ s- n2 G# a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' [1 I' B& ^+ i. K4 ?) x7 E
- O6 f6 _: A k, H9 h1 WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 y! |1 O& s( g4 G7 ^9 R) y6 C4 C; H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% I9 }/ G( q0 F2 \7 x1 C+ PUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# j8 `/ p, Q2 V& M! v" w' ?- l
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5 f- M- s/ ]1 e7 b, o" X: N8 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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