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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 P/ C% E3 b; V+ O! `2 X: E% dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& E! k+ Z l- C3 o( Z5 L
the other possibility.8 `& F7 e) U, D+ a" V) j) [
6 C3 a+ B6 h' n* TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English( D- m. v5 a' ?; X O; o6 z$ ?
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( ~- H1 Y0 J6 d' k9 R% Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# ^& b6 o6 }1 J" i% @; d, W' ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: \" U* t$ J' j: I
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' S& v/ V9 v! m: e8 ~
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3 {* I4 U9 f# l) G9 p- s8 [There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ ]+ N8 O' D7 y9 Y0 itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. M! ?- L; H! x& N2 J; z$ ?! N
fotograf 20% shorter.) a) ]5 k* ?$ g( o0 M/ m
( e) G* s$ M0 L" j) e# YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( y+ y: Y/ o4 _& U. ~' greach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 y: i8 b6 i1 k' e# WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, v* N9 G' d7 i, S! y; l
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 q1 W; M) ]" V* X4 ^" d1 b* W, x' t
2 c: z/ |, k% j x" `: m- ]( e+ d0 TAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- e q! P5 P \% c V( } T* f& g
disgrasful and it should go away.
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8 X y' [- \$ x" K B6 fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
' T( D+ Y* U+ U"z" and "w" with "v".
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& c3 _! X( y! J( X: nDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 C1 R, x- U; L8 }& q
after 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
' Y( [* k" G: S; K: junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& [) E2 @: }5 p9 G1 B& B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze T5 X) |3 a# V! Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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