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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ z+ Y. u( v }- E" E0 M8 Z5 h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 s/ O' _2 \' A9 x/ F& N
the other possibility.6 x$ C( G5 L$ K9 E
: {9 k6 R5 O* JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, |$ X5 D+ ^( dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in: c+ U- x j$ ?6 T8 U/ g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( F" P6 r6 U' |7 A* R- W: a) T! Q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make f0 j* Q) o3 [: E9 q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 ]6 ?! l7 W) u4 F: w6 ? E; H$ ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* c6 L8 a# `; p q1 M; m1 H' [
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 d: Z# f/ Z' B: x4 P2 C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* k% f; B0 k! k, ]5 i
fotograf 20% shorter.
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& c2 @5 l0 J3 U2 R5 d$ I3 FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" m* N& f) o- J% M7 ?reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 a' G* X& Y: \7 F, D4 V* ^3 Hben 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/ ^$ x8 C1 O3 g. h9 M- }
disgrasful and it should go away.
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8 z% L+ T4 C7 X* `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 H* `) N6 q5 Q' \- i# IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 A* u) [ ^3 S+ y1 ]+ A9 Lafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 Z @3 W3 W3 I( @! x/ @Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- [1 W1 g# h- M3 L3 I" T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ q$ V. }; H9 I7 R* r3 sUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# ^/ ~+ v+ i H; v' D' FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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