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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 Z0 y- W/ s) l# X* s/ t1 M1 vbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 o) N/ ~+ a& h( z
the other possibility.2 {2 O Y4 {5 x! N
X+ V) u7 f% p" S2 Q+ D iAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' m( _) Q7 t0 B8 F. V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' h6 Z2 ]' Q2 M- N) J
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 h) S8 _7 N- V! U! x5 ~% C
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 g: l1 Q: `5 j7 k
) X4 r1 N6 X% R$ s- cThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( }% } v7 s6 ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: x$ f- y! s$ S. C8 s. `
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; z! z! U" x/ Y e) V7 q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% o( _; G+ {9 M$ [, k
fotograf 20% shorter.
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6 Q7 ~) C1 v: e3 xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 R! A# I9 _. ?/ x' D3 A: \7 Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 U* A, R# m8 h% T$ r" }
# Z7 R& h$ }# c) v% r1 mGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 E3 W( ~! N3 K hben a deterent to akurate speling.# k0 u0 k) l) G( Q8 u
* G* Q* m9 D q, n* i2 E0 ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ q. G* E# A( q. {7 }
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: S$ @% `' d4 M" `; O L# vBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; b1 ~. M! X K" C
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 G; O0 t- s; I6 ?% w$ l$ s5 fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 k) [6 f' q5 ^: I
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 Q5 z! P, S! F- F1 gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 ~- r$ g" d. j# _2 gUnd 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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