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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 K. C2 I3 U+ Q1 G- j; bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 {5 r c4 x, D, _; Q+ q5 a! V5 k6 Lthe other possibility.2 Z/ K& `4 o# _- n; M
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 g2 s, K5 j3 i. O% o7 Y/ D
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 ?' I/ A k# i6 C2 N
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ `# ~, R+ o& e) ~4 Y$ `* @0 Ythe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% w1 c4 \5 O! k7 g; U
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., r9 b" g, _' _0 I& x
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8 _0 a9 y: F( L1 [0 j/ o# yThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 ?3 D% Y" V. [( ~1 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& a# N k5 z5 A$ s2 M1 I! a, a3 Jfotograf 20% shorter.7 c1 {$ d$ g% _* e
0 F$ ]6 t4 _ n8 D+ gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ n5 k( f# ^9 m9 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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! e, \! e+ O; {% V9 ~4 Z0 H+ MGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 O" S$ j5 x. j4 l1 \* b, ?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 is
* Z/ V. Y4 t+ i. |$ q5 ], @disgrasful and it should go away.
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* e4 m4 g0 x) A/ H% yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 A7 a( j$ ]% ], N7 ]
"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 o, P6 l- q G7 T1 H' m- ~) A Q1 xDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' Y- E \) o3 j* N5 Iafter 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( A4 N# {/ `+ G0 Q2 o; u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* }3 B% i: J9 G0 V Y/ NUnd 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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