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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 K9 z' L" T3 b2 X \. R
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
+ X0 }. @' P! [5 G5 O$ |0 P- ^spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; V5 ]& `5 F. `% |) q7 b0 Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 H8 C0 M( F7 Y3 d
" Z$ L0 H! R1 ?2 gIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; s& d/ `1 g+ t- z5 f
the sivil servants jump with joy.; L) B7 q; m/ J& j/ G( E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 @) ~0 Y. \8 w- n
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., q) i6 {7 T( ?" @" ^4 k
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5 |0 H0 X5 p& j( t% @$ E9 aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 S/ `% [( U2 h6 i
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! B6 O: \& D/ j' B/ S' f, T: ~
fotograf 20% shorter.( x& ~7 B/ T+ _2 t% b, _( t z
! _0 E" `: B, J* e0 mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 y7 |) n) h7 B+ [+ lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) z1 S3 d: ?8 b7 K- F, T8 {
D* w5 c, h. C. u( v' sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 [9 ]0 g+ o( J8 i7 w r7 Vben a deterent to akurate speling.' g' W7 v5 V) j9 @" N9 { a' e
. B# N: O) Q, x" N3 vAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
" B0 p; I! o5 kdisgrasful and it should go away.& u* a2 W8 V; x% |
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& g1 u* ^0 N8 gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! ^% Q4 y) }! ~ ~5 w% s
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ N5 e9 G2 B1 _$ B% G
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 Y% x9 P" N4 g; R! ]" K1 l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 K9 p, W4 t! w. ^5 cUnd 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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