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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; B+ q4 |- k0 n8 Q Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, z/ Z* ~0 j* N% L" f, o
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; t7 T$ n% S7 A B; E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
# \8 A- w: w6 ~ t: jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* s t) I ?) G9 qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 Y, v0 B$ h6 j, cThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; c% z& W$ k" t' T0 Dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 d9 h) c! T! \! H, Z, ^
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 s. C1 {# z% h+ s* g
fotograf 20% shorter.
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( n# m) d7 r1 dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' ~1 O$ l- {% w4 a
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) ^4 }- U# W- R0 T) F( z
* _' e. L/ i1 M! C+ g+ y9 O+ ~Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# y4 I4 G8 z+ cben a deterent to akurate speling.9 e$ g& _/ B* }7 c! z1 r
5 E2 i* f6 D) [, w: {9 h3 `6 R) kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; Q7 U/ l; f2 T7 j
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"and7 |4 |/ v$ I( v1 Q5 ~. _8 C0 o1 b
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 _. \2 x3 J$ e& [) T1 `* n0 i* ?7 f+ }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
v' I6 U9 M0 i' w# B k7 ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 r! H% y! M j
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 n+ Q$ A6 O1 q4 S& E4 t. h
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3 j0 t4 l2 s# r1 `. [( yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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