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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 n2 g) ?6 T6 B4 K0 j; ?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$ v( n# {: U( N) \5 O1 t4 m, M
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" [) o$ k" }6 V+ |" g) M2 K
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 _7 X3 f7 V% Q+ U {( h+ [5 d6 w' l
the sivil servants jump with joy.% u7 s+ c" d: D$ x3 h8 O$ d
. m+ @7 h. F, y5 q' QThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 J* N: o1 Z, X C3 h; O! P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% y7 s: _. U1 L3 O6 rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 c6 V _- w: M5 t" L( mfotograf 20% shorter.) \2 \3 ~/ r* N& B' B
5 \9 Z5 K9 y9 R# J4 H fIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% [& E! y1 ` |2 C! zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ z' N- Z T' v. Q- R. c$ J& G5 e
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 n9 }$ I) \; |% o0 g8 z
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- S ]: t. k- {6 r! S6 A5 t0 F
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% \: j+ ?6 M+ L: X9 Y6 }+ m4 dafter 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; y; c7 w2 r& _! ]8 s" E
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 G$ u; B6 k* \/ z) T
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ [, N# a0 Y. O! c# F; E- n+ h
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+ ^* v, `: l( J5 n! e. l& E9 gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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