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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. V1 D9 i7 K( _& ?: ^. @ N7 Q$ L' H- G" gbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 {5 b( G* M d/ [0 h: p$ l+ S5 H
the other possibility.8 X- V8 }# f' f" S" g
+ W7 z$ c- J+ b! r2 e# X+ c9 lAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ A6 _2 h8 O; t# r; R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; ~! i3 j9 y7 R9 n4 v) |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 E4 u$ ?; U# A5 x) R
' C5 r+ @) K$ o; B5 F! O5 pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* \. c% `. ~2 E! ]2 Y/ K+ q- }$ F) ?the sivil servants jump with joy.8 M* |( _5 m: Y* u
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 h# [$ G: S0 h# d$ x* ]- ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 d- z1 K' p9 ]* T( {- M& D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ {1 J. N- V5 \1 Q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 W3 ~& `! ]2 D H$ H# d
fotograf 20% shorter.' M# i. O" J( |! ~7 k+ X4 @) d
3 O" p% w- ]: Y, ?% ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' r! }! {+ r* ]& \
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 }! D ?2 f" C* m4 D- z# s) R
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 y! K! i7 Q: `' C, y" K+ J8 C/ U3 r
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; ~& A4 @0 H5 x5 vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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% ]$ v/ j( }+ Q2 X' `3 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 |, K/ A7 A/ A9 A5 k* aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 p% @$ T: O7 Q' d. |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 \$ G% e8 Z/ v( F4 junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( L3 ?$ U( p$ W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 a' \" w% o" E
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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