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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; z7 V/ X$ d8 X, K, @# `& sbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ z$ s& R: e; O9 J9 a* {( kthe other possibility.
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5 m6 G. E5 H! ~( I- A; ]: }; K; w- GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 K4 v# @& ?7 [! W( g* {( h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 w; v6 u' z. Y' F2 g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." z! F4 e* |1 [+ q7 j' M
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 X; c, }( s! t/ F5 u9 ~ t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- }% Y! @, S$ c7 v3 S- Mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 v4 G% E4 \, M5 S, n6 y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: Z/ Q( J) ~7 Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ }8 l9 e* U# J6 K9 rfotograf 20% shorter.. b6 ?! k7 w4 r5 T4 P3 G( U
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, g2 e) U4 D# X. @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 g- I9 f5 }3 A$ A: ~ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
0 D! w( b& k& W6 ^* _! ydisgrasful and it should go away.3 W! I' L( s) c! H# b- W, i
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) K8 b+ Y) P( T. Q' I0 w/ k
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" P% E& C3 Y. l- \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- c5 \5 h [. A; W& b. \9 pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' r2 V# ~1 ]: j/ I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ p6 L" z; o+ k$ g7 m8 v
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& F, K5 u* k2 R; t0 c- H; y
forst plas.
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& U5 y# ~7 I/ q% |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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