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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: [) ~8 h4 c6 Z4 rbe 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
6 M: i- J' h9 Q( v- {; Bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' T7 H* G& P! [! n. X& n( uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 Q6 P1 A) n. p
* z2 n* o% b! F6 l bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" p ~! {6 x2 w, t# Q) D1 zthe sivil servants jump with joy.% x4 \# a# a; C- o1 r& C1 u0 h: C
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ I h; O, d, v# a6 R' W7 @: r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. g; l' w, c6 {/ w3 s$ F5 n
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the y7 l8 u/ J! U- D S
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ ^1 X `9 _9 ~* d% F: Z( j1 G8 L
fotograf 20% shorter.- M& W) R: m# T- P U0 K
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ q5 v3 F w( Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; o& @* e m6 g
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 W8 B" I' B& A, T6 ^' Y5 Cben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 g& R6 g' r/ t# F2 Q
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: G' ^" \2 s+ T) h- c+ E; { p3 C+ aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 D& l, B+ j ?. T& ~/ k$ Junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( `. c8 \- ?9 L1 Y! wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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5 d5 k8 B) i4 B& T% gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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