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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ W" s+ P+ E. Rbe 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
# h6 v+ _% P7 g+ a" t; vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: Z. c: n ]1 u* i
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ T0 K. n" I% X* N4 g8 X; kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 m) |4 G" p, r( \8 l% n0 _( Sthe sivil servants jump with joy.% N. ~6 _/ k1 B5 r0 R# R
# J+ ~& K" Y$ x( ~+ d% xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' a2 Y# z; c- u% M$ I
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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% ~! j$ u+ o: M; cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the v* D0 J, G1 V- [+ ?: h0 W) T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 T- q9 V o3 W" n( B
fotograf 20% shorter.4 R6 ~6 O+ W% F% E& V8 n" w/ Q
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 _- X% o1 O7 J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ `# [' _% X* `- @+ gGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! V b0 l, ^5 b( `. M, l# ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 X V& l A! {* p6 ^; Y4 ]
( P0 y9 z" y7 O5 WAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, `9 P+ u7 Y- n+ A, fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
" ^! ^3 p1 M. n, @6 X% p"z" and "w" with "v". H, ?! n* f& K' @2 x! j$ m
7 r' G; F$ F# @0 R0 z" J# Z* m" B fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! H @! f. i% R0 e: h: t. Y! nafter 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
! p- B, [$ L" w$ ^' f# J% punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! G: @/ ?% l& b6 G$ 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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