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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- {# ] |- I9 B0 X+ [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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5 i, m# c/ s: t, ^As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ d8 T) M' ^9 @) y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ x* t4 Z8 K( P. d) O
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
- L$ I) \% I; X( kthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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- b( y& ]4 M' O. q& Y& BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 S8 T$ v6 N) D* e4 M3 Z h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ c9 ~" l% d1 R+ R4 c# ?
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) `# d5 i. O4 t* S, _8 s( aThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ j# D2 g* f' K+ V. w% l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 E* r7 R9 L! E' l
fotograf 20% shorter./ }3 f! T) R# |2 e" `' |% K6 A
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& F4 h/ f1 z7 v! jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 C8 ^& ?1 v2 t; d6 z [+ W' U; E$ vGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always s7 \$ q8 [9 y
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
8 k: A& |8 K, {: K* L, n# }disgrasful 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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and o# Z" e7 V' G7 E# w& L, v" _
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
4 A9 F+ X2 l2 N8 Z: f; Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 i% I, H' Z4 D5 t& |. z
Und 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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