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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' |! ]1 K; P; g$ q2 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 h/ q) n8 Q5 \6 C2 D: z
the other possibility.1 Q, b3 R) x& F9 |. G( m
' W! ^ ~3 H* m1 j& e. xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# v+ Y' l. @* w1 N9 T/ mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: e" b1 Z* X) ?; Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ b/ z7 P' y8 ~( M3 W# y' S
% D2 S, }+ ]$ I1 ?- J7 d0 FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# r+ f5 ?: @1 J; @6 g9 E2 S6 a4 g
the sivil servants jump with joy.( w2 j& Q9 n, i- d E: H
2 D3 \$ ]" \* ^. w7 _The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% p& b- I! Q: s; ?% y3 C* Z; I; rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; z- J3 R1 c# IThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 F& i& @/ K& T; N! qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! f+ j( h* y; U* _5 Q/ B5 kfotograf 20% shorter.' e2 b8 Y4 j6 @6 ]- z5 G
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. }+ N/ }" Y2 f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 l# T+ I) R6 U1 Nben a deterent to akurate speling.! K+ N& d3 n$ `( ^& [5 f' y: _
I& g8 g) S; l' T6 ^, NAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 y' g2 V3 B8 `/ A* T( w& K
disgrasful and it should go away.! z9 R0 y7 G7 {9 J
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 n. v; p* P' u* u; H+ r) A
"z" and "w" with "v".
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! a' A/ j5 N# p; g% H5 v: p( g$ mDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 h. o6 L* a& g! j2 g. H1 w3 N( fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) u) I5 s5 [. m
# V: R* {% R9 cZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& B& c) s# Z3 J, e* o
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 |2 T4 S& D2 z. }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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