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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" b+ C4 r5 o' [7 d4 ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) [" @! [3 Q- c& Y+ A1 uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) D7 r' v3 C9 T, [1 X7 Tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 F5 s$ d' J9 W) Q l5 r3 c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) _- R% n: @7 _( z9 \
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# {( |4 z K% k' ~2 C6 a0 Othe sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 K7 u- J1 \# [9 IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
]7 K- Y# ~; q* M/ ~( @konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 C2 J- C! l! d3 x' Q9 V: R7 ^
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& B6 ~, S' H1 A4 ZThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ _7 v2 N! ]9 Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! H i/ R% X$ D9 f
fotograf 20% shorter.. ]# I: |/ I$ L0 P a3 v2 N( z$ a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& r; _) r r; g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# A0 c9 M, u# \" d5 U. a
ben a deterent to akurate speling.# u+ J. W) L, {2 G- w% l$ H
& E2 ?1 n! }# p; _; VAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ I# C6 o" y Q; A+ r4 \) e: F' C! T+ c
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( ]% I; P% @; N' m/ M* _
"z" and "w" with "v"./ S+ K' U, j' y1 R! S
& s9 U& H8 a A+ a, QDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 F( | t; j& D$ e6 `! s: safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' O. c- O6 p, r% U$ K
( z6 e6 N) `) m* c7 ?& iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ u! S3 Z! F) i7 s; D8 funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ N0 {: H+ i7 o1 f' l! K- V7 S
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 V- f. }5 _- c3 ?* \4 E( C6 i
forst plas.. A, l; r: D' ]" p! N( {) \
0 i; _7 |4 ]& @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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