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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! h9 \! X% S$ C2 Z+ ]9 b9 b- X; tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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, A5 {9 j+ `& | K- GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 j" {; F# H1 u) ? l0 o/ z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' z D( h( c; H- M; I
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 B5 u. R7 S: \ b3 p& Y: ^
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ Y$ A1 V$ q" Rthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 f& D1 `8 Y+ @
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 {( x! |6 n: Y; P" Z* m( T: k* \
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3 B* J- ?# a9 A% v. p0 j# Z: u1 QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 H" |/ N& I: {( P
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- B2 {7 l/ m- d2 ofotograf 20% shorter.! N9 _" r2 J( A- b9 }7 L+ ]
\' W! B7 j5 J4 VIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' {4 {0 n: j6 M9 creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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3 h: ?: J5 S1 VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
% ^( X! e: o6 ~* }6 mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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8 f+ R9 |0 l6 Z# N. u. dAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% x; s- C# A5 u( i
disgrasful and it should go away.0 i; [' ]# b c, y2 q1 H- o7 r
6 d) `9 f! ?1 ]. |) q+ pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 A$ ?1 {) ^6 s. Q# O8 ~) I* ?
"z" and "w" with "v".5 k. i# t! E, ]7 r& x
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and- b6 i5 M/ ~! q, X7 T& f5 @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ P# B/ X- R- ]) k2 a5 w' b
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 O6 n/ y3 L0 o. m/ |* Z; S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 \( `, ]3 _3 e2 T2 E4 f5 H4 \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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