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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 C. z/ _) {+ M5 ]/ ` bbe 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
* u0 k6 m9 M( ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 j" U$ U& J) L' e# ]; G: X4 X( }* kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 ^% c- @6 r, Y$ C- F4 h
' K+ o6 W _+ g* p- G DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ \, C+ a) X& { c2 vthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; ^ u. Y7 ^/ _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 j, U! J1 Z/ I5 g4 u. ]
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 a9 |: d3 C- w; v+ n! R1 Y, Q9 q. h
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ Z" g O& @0 A
fotograf 20% shorter.& k) b4 F& j& F; i
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# q$ \' \; _: G) P" xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always d5 Q& E; M5 o0 z3 A- X4 o/ j) ~9 k; P
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 }/ y: W! A" L" D3 m6 u$ C. P$ L
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
5 V3 x5 I) g; s& udisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& f/ ?, ?" o: \
"z" and "w" with "v".* n. x( Q6 H6 L0 h7 R6 `
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: i/ U+ J7 W. u: }
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: s& _0 K& e' P0 D+ b; NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 `7 H+ ]6 d1 H" ]3 Z" a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 g8 D8 `- h* I+ c/ cUnd 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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