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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 o3 y0 f+ w* ~! ibe 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; u& w+ C; {) B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ }7 P% C! Z, m* y7 u: H& T8 m- A
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: U5 \; Y$ y. E$ J# s; v* y3 xIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ d- @5 V+ j6 @! p
the sivil servants jump with joy.( J; ]5 K- _3 |) e3 k4 w
4 \$ M0 D' \; UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 T3 m* N3 L8 z7 x- M$ xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% ?8 j# ^# y. ~6 E& |4 s( a% c
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7 w% x2 X4 n# R8 {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 r* n) E' F% N/ Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. D9 Q V! ]( P' j; D2 D0 r# Qfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: v# D" w E' v% K. P; {reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 w$ {5 \3 E& ^6 `# X
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 p$ M3 L% k/ b1 C8 z4 {
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 R6 z+ Z1 J Y: K8 h. ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ C! b. l/ o2 L" Z# W
disgrasful and it should go away. W" G' r4 w8 s
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% {8 L# M9 L6 q4 T; y) r
"z" and "w" with "v".5 o& D- ?0 X2 h
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 T: r$ R, I$ r1 k, Safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. E* i- a# q( Z4 o' C! t: ^. R3 [4 w4 H
; G2 o; h) y1 Z! F3 E& x/ gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" W% f5 A: _* c5 Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; {$ X Z7 S2 \1 X: zUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ F0 p5 R3 w) C3 s$ D3 i
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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