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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ t: ^7 }6 r% qbe 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
* C0 W- f0 @! l2 T4 _) z. Z" _spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; y/ r/ m: R! K8 k* N9 t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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* x4 ^( t1 Y: B C N0 vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 o# k4 }* X3 d2 X. M
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 ~9 U4 d. ^! v1 ~4 r2 u9 M0 c
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 \; ^. a E% ~0 u6 h, Z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: S3 |& _" @1 q/ h- v/ \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# I0 t+ b2 O5 F
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, x' ^3 A) l9 m$ F5 m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, W+ G6 A+ z" U: S! ?+ n& SGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& v# j$ w! |! Z+ d: j" Rben a deterent to akurate speling.- ?9 [0 |8 m/ G
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- o9 X/ C+ j/ ^; Cdisgrasful and it should go away.* I! M6 g7 O m7 o& T
* @7 g4 u+ X7 l7 L1 z6 U% HBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ V4 {, E5 L$ W"z" and "w" with "v".* @8 x4 P- f+ W7 n+ M
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; d3 a6 p8 y. n: W4 X
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 G/ ] |: P7 V* ~
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. j% h$ l* M) _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' _9 x" [1 `+ u' [4 K7 W: m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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% ?3 G4 \# n2 i; h; @' fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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