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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* y) @* k2 y- ^/ b5 ?9 ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, Q+ q0 E+ i$ u0 r
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3 ^; I3 Z+ v- g1 [) U0 Y! y6 @As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 [, `9 b. C8 `0 z) O; E1 m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; S* g' M2 a5 N. ]4 v3 h- {' c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) d! c) P! m0 f
A4 e! U ^6 g* j" Z$ jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 D, \# j9 f- z9 k; Q; kthe sivil servants jump with joy.! N9 ~. H/ a0 ~( T/ F, C8 `
/ S7 g$ F! e" E# UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ O/ P$ i1 X1 D( P" o) E
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ b. J1 z$ h* L
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; y2 c; T8 h# N# U8 x# l+ @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 s# M" |. c5 P' ^
fotograf 20% shorter.
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, _, m; X3 b' `: m) \In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% k' I& M# d0 ~# K: e0 H! V0 N0 Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 f7 ^5 s4 p" U; l) Mben a deterent to akurate speling.# E. v: w4 @/ S, D
3 C, J1 y2 v( D! m' j* mAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( n2 Z# \5 X% L: T* jdisgrasful and it should go away.% [+ S8 k9 v) o2 r$ H0 @$ ~7 }
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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x6 F$ [$ q! D _) B- P+ iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! k5 w- ]- N; y4 U/ N4 Z8 aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& [) I* Y9 V3 y" E: K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; D( \ X7 O; p& ?# xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ p0 Y& u, U$ t3 g( @$ y; w. U( W+ eUnd 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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