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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" x3 E5 [2 O. V& Cbe 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 English5 ~+ z d5 C+ P0 p7 r
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' ]6 A" t3 |! h& vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 g% B2 q7 }0 [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 Y; Q i ~$ R8 p3 C
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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- x: y N- _5 i0 S) SThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 K; `: ]5 B2 M; I# V# l" n# V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 I. A& X5 n- a# v5 r* S5 u
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 r* p9 g+ {" O) Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( |9 N0 R: T) \/ ^ Lfotograf 20% shorter.9 o1 p2 x' ?0 J' j4 r, C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 D3 j# v0 ~6 S) d
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 L a) M2 b8 U0 J/ Q' aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, D, l' j5 K. U* H; W. c) a' M9 m
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; c+ j3 `' M9 Q9 z* A7 j( ] q2 E
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. F! ]. m! c* `! t6 z" m4 \disgrasful and it should go away.5 O' s4 d5 _2 t4 O8 T1 t
5 n3 j3 N& I3 \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
$ [1 v- s4 K0 e"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- e+ v5 e; [9 s: I% X' o4 vafter 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
h1 U& s2 M- W" i' A3 Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- z+ F% Z$ Q. N: m; iUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 R7 w; ?2 @: q
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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