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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! }' o9 Z. V, Q' ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
1 D+ _4 W/ V5 t7 l9 Qthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 R1 W2 o4 K* d; u- R3 D# {! Q' @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! s- ?) x/ C& ^( ^
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! C0 `3 i& M% K* K, }* Dthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 K5 D9 s l) G. l3 w0 o; J
! N1 U, K0 _# B/ |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 s" }( D: F9 l, \9 ]$ S; a* C* {; H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., e3 y' Z% I! T9 P0 @
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# d" w" }; v4 p Z/ Q/ J Z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: j- V& \" d: p( r/ c, r/ t9 y; q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 m7 h0 ^. o8 @! N& G( Y5 B: d" |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( E+ D; Z* N4 Iben a deterent to akurate speling.
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4 j% I6 f9 d; t3 M7 dAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 z( b, X1 }* Y O
disgrasful and it should go away.
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! g) p# @; G6 c2 Q3 _& E `( J3 X4 EBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ _( M; f% v' u
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 [+ S0 [/ F$ K. ]! S! v
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; |$ j0 x8 G+ L0 K/ O' N) x
" m' P( R$ E! A# v b3 vZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 E, {5 p+ ]* A6 m0 ]/ k0 R5 o& {8 eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, _- N. H% `9 N P4 n P2 F/ D7 _. OUnd 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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