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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 S5 C+ |" {; U; J' B" bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
`' N8 ^6 Q; d+ N) g1 O, `. _9 rthe other possibility.& I& R% _* x" l9 x6 G
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 e' D' U1 |3 j4 o9 ~spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 s1 J% V* @! A5 {) R
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 X9 B, |- V8 y
$ L! p X1 F3 a: s' t1 e* J5 lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) G1 `0 O2 m# B) Q' ?the sivil servants jump with joy.$ N/ ~' l) \3 T0 S& V
z0 E# v% R& u+ T* {The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& K8 m3 k: m% Y; J. q, u
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., u' H, y/ O$ J0 G- }! \& {: |5 t" T
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# j# C! s/ Z, B( P/ o; ^6 V4 `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& {1 p) w T5 r+ S% i! E0 Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; U8 z, {$ F! J+ S* U4 v, t- ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 B. C4 e+ |7 H3 w% w: tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- J9 `8 t5 e* _8 F# X% n+ W6 uben a deterent to akurate speling.0 p6 F, u2 ]6 c# g
- L2 |3 a5 X6 ~$ O7 d+ J/ z3 }Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
5 C' r% o! [, U( i( {4 t2 Hdisgrasful and it should go away.8 v3 j; X6 S2 @ P8 o
' v+ Y5 J, J/ a4 ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 g8 i; h8 `+ O7 Q: Z$ J6 u"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 L! H8 ^& M2 O; r; T
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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6 r4 p9 }5 A6 C6 a" }( FZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# z% c5 z# J) n7 L2 ?# ~2 }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 w- h7 S0 w/ |$ n0 Z
Und 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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