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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! ?8 y. X* d! _% N; B4 Ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) F5 Q) v" |5 Y( \ s, ~( z( ~9 S
the other possibility.. @" n5 r; p/ S6 Q
/ e+ H2 F" y9 g* s2 j5 e6 t3 QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ z0 ?- H" [# X2 P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 C' n3 G6 E- r2 l/ B0 nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 a- I+ |3 t( h# ?
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 o6 c. A2 W/ I) tthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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/ r6 H* W( }/ A' uThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. |; T) n$ y* {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* s2 I* [! u$ Y( n( Q9 a
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: |7 `( I- c+ v) F& S- H3 u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
# x7 x: c; n2 Z3 |5 B* ofotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! {* e* I" d# v5 D
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. R7 C( G- _( c5 \3 l
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 m y; b' b6 e8 t; k
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 g. k. G* @+ {# i* L0 o+ a* F2 ]' \
disgrasful and it should go away.8 W) d- r- n- |
1 B9 R* q. F& Q `" s6 ^- w1 GBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
3 q, Z, H( T% J: E0 N" h _5 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
$ K& Z" T. A. Eafter 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
* b$ |) f$ v) P+ cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* `2 C2 U8 k) }( ^- EUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 U1 `8 e2 G. IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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