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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% [( v2 q' L$ p w) C' C2 qbe 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 English7 F# b) u! M. }) t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; V2 I$ t& A' k) ]4 Y
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 k$ Q6 o" n _0 _ u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 k: l1 l$ v( `! E( H, }2 m- AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: w; s& q+ @! c+ O" {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! W# V. N. K# g) F7 C
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; t2 N+ |: }: {8 mThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 N7 K: m/ y$ ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; W" b$ s8 U2 V/ g! `9 N8 A% E" j3 ^0 m
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 ^3 V9 a: q6 _& K! T7 nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 P: {) i, T& R2 }# a1 T v/ L/ \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 w) u( A& \$ \$ Pben a deterent to akurate speling.8 T' K) f6 N$ W$ \$ p) |: J2 E i2 _
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# Z7 F8 n( X. B( B; k7 z
disgrasful and it should go away.: g# o6 r0 {5 ~8 f4 x
; K1 l, A/ B) @$ V' sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 }- C! y1 B0 m' z/ BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, B4 w( }' {+ J! H- y# H
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ T9 v2 ~5 q/ `; L+ R
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ B# L( E U# e+ B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) J2 e. u9 y& h/ mUnd 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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