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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* I `1 c8 t3 {5 @8 s" ^/ Obe 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- h1 ], {" U, F R1 B$ ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 f6 y1 j ]6 V& [& c& jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; P7 \" X6 O( u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
2 q A( }9 }( vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. t5 c$ I4 }6 L' E% ^, Z6 _
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7 F( e& P+ }) a" p5 c- UThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
t8 @. P; A9 Ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, \, O; X5 d8 W& D
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- f" e% g: k+ b8 t& Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! j) R/ l q6 W3 E
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; u$ z8 t4 M5 o2 E; \. Q
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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) }2 O# ?' @: C! a) Z" H; fAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 f, D, k+ X5 r
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' E' K3 _: g/ r
"z" and "w" with "v".7 G+ @& q+ j) v4 R. C
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 A3 \9 v+ U, l# Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 U7 }: p# I( e
; h7 n7 J, C2 O/ T5 aZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 o, a# l- v. Q5 f% N" H) k gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., Q, B$ f- [/ o B" y- v9 D6 V. m
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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