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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% j" m/ B" W, R" z* X( Kbe 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 English f- m- h' {* i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% @+ j* ^5 h: p" [- _plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 G% f, O) f! C
+ s/ y" \+ a, {, b4 `; KIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% I' f0 P' P* Kthe sivil servants jump with joy.6 w, x4 Y. g& a) u9 g% f7 U
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 E' }& Z3 q1 q8 ] `4 {. tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: E) I, K1 K# W; f+ e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ A& ?4 u2 Y2 `1 {4 I8 p" q) a2 Jreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 H/ N; Z; c: N( S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- ~ W# ~3 ~- K$ X
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is v, x/ x! }% A- Z2 q
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! f2 m' D- A$ Y8 L4 g1 @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 X: e) u) k' J6 {6 {3 m7 `
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 s' G: f' O" p: t/ J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
b7 m( P/ s( D' \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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