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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: T& X' G; h- Mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( U# J+ T4 A7 X; g1 y. ^
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' x: U+ K5 ^+ s3 XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% f3 l6 ]7 o8 Z# v- G7 r' l
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! [, P0 A! m6 l3 L$ m# i0 C1 a1 lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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8 y, H, ]0 y6 n8 s1 P# u" }: `In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
( Y/ ]" l# K% Y# I/ E6 v" w C2 zthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) V' I3 n5 W E
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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& R& ^( H7 ^" v9 v$ l: q# z- }; XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 O; d; \6 R% R$ K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( l9 g4 |% Q" N$ j1 l3 d8 z, }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. Y/ f" K5 A+ `) h& i/ [# H Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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; u6 B$ Q3 M8 K6 L" `* m% \9 @. `* pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& }2 }: J* N7 c5 |, `" e' Fben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 C& @# W7 u% w9 x2 M
disgrasful and it should go away.
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$ j. M4 }3 W. G) h; f' }9 X, wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; D" B3 A# ^2 P2 D
"z" and "w" with "v".. r9 D$ f4 B2 ?) `- z
# Q* x. X' t, @" s7 nDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 b! @: {+ `: v3 @7 `6 o& e/ pafter 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
' |. _: L2 W1 N0 @* Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! I+ L) H* T4 A: a3 @. r$ HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: b9 K8 f' p6 e% g6 ]
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* T) x( \* g* eIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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