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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 q% d$ v Q: C0 P
be 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* ~( \! B4 n. p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
J, E# ~+ z7 `! @: u6 Z, Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% z6 l4 D2 S! ~4 v' y- FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- L/ r. D4 C) B- ~5 j2 p( m9 Fthe sivil servants jump with joy.& b" E* j! x4 O9 j" [+ @
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! ?' Z# I% a* ]; N- B- Z. c! o- `+ dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. ?4 g \: \3 K
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' p9 W# \5 l9 J, O& z3 x7 AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: q1 V N. s V6 jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 x- P' [, J4 @# s H E, Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) e) H5 A, |) ~reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 E2 T- S. ?8 g; Y! J1 cben 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
1 l% b8 M% A' Vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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! s, U8 L! N/ f1 X/ kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
" c' v5 T4 K2 T. N" O0 m# h"z" and "w" with "v".0 W$ v. ^: }5 l2 O) ?4 X q7 Q; T
7 p1 M* {' p) D( F5 d$ v5 J0 h+ s, i: wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% L c: P N6 i/ v. Hafter 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' Z2 F: z' C- [* _+ V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* P2 L K' [$ R6 fUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! ^; j) S7 ^3 f. R9 Z8 y
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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