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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& F" | k1 f; W4 z7 \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 n( x$ n8 b% K8 Jthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 y1 j% w% s! K$ Sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ Z5 ?. U2 x( i& s1 z8 L7 @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., x& d2 Z4 I7 z1 b' r
) A. r. |& X0 Y; |: _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 u: I: b& ~" [7 u# Z! k0 L" rthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 Q" n) Y: m' O Q& e1 Q" eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- K* V' w* y& d# B" C
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( o1 x2 V/ K& E8 }2 ^
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+ r. d7 P8 a' M) _& O. w" y' E; YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" M; u% i6 A) n8 j& F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 n: b! q2 T/ U
fotograf 20% shorter.; b4 G/ \2 e9 ]% Y. y
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 }/ \) k. r- B* _8 a5 mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( `8 X8 Q4 H# x9 }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 is4 r8 a5 |1 A* |: D6 a( m
disgrasful and it should go away." y+ H9 |- _" |9 k5 K
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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"and0 ~3 g1 a1 `: g0 [" ]0 q; g; b; t! ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 h8 `3 F( G- b# ?4 e1 b/ F& g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ P# {3 z% n1 B7 x# A+ X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 C$ [! g2 C* d" D9 W6 b; M$ B3 ~
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. S7 U& D" l' W, `3 K
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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