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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 {0 G! J4 o; b. z- abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. L5 k# A: O8 v. y7 F
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! r8 X; \; U( W pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& ?* k/ Q) s4 h; F% ]# ^9 J
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* i @" m% V! U& f0 [3 @
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# {4 _9 i( t7 d ~% t1 k" S. }
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ G' F6 v) h" |- V" e1 j0 r8 T
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. Q# n) D, r$ H( D* M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- V- Z$ N, g9 c* G1 jfotograf 20% shorter.% x) s7 L1 H2 [' v; X5 G
( s2 j: X# w+ w4 e" B7 O% AIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* ]; b, ^ ~5 ^" V2 K1 dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., C! g- u( u& S( q8 y
. N( l' q& L& N9 g, ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 m! a3 c& f( L+ x
ben a deterent to akurate speling./ r' E _- `. R7 Z
* u) v: _4 ~3 a4 ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 a4 v8 d( G! X, h, sdisgrasful and it should go away.3 D' y6 p) {3 { `4 l% Z$ k
' G- k6 }) |* h# n& c/ JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 o, x. N$ P% z( ?" Q" ~"z" and "w" with "v"., B6 D; g! D- y$ U, @1 X5 W
6 @- o8 t) ^, o) I2 M4 KDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( i5 P7 A, T) A* ]* C6 N6 Q8 i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& E8 T, @; l$ c N8 MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 Q6 m, ~2 I8 V2 [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& ~: Q1 f* b. h5 E+ E' ZUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# w7 T! y3 z5 z4 T% v
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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