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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 n8 r( f0 \6 J% h( c9 @be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 Y& b8 h( C% x) L! D9 l
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% o% s' B( ~% p0 }$ |9 B5 ?; K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( Z. s. }) q% y7 N4 ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& ~6 U) x4 E0 x
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; L8 R+ H7 }- y5 [5 D5 y( bthe sivil servants jump with joy.! }! o1 m& w+ ^* @- i8 r! C
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 P7 k& |: ~9 |9 B P) Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( y6 o, M& ~7 j) A5 t# J" BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% y/ @4 o1 U" G; O4 ]9 r' V6 dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ n- X6 ?& r& _) _
fotograf 20% shorter.4 g/ u) b) p# m0 j/ T
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 \3 A+ {) S+ e6 V# @. _0 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 K/ q% b8 G: t2 h; ]3 R5 l# t# q F
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' I: l; E- U$ ?0 f+ M' @ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 P! Q( Y: }' D& {& t3 a3 D* l
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
: W' C1 d: J' |1 d! tdisgrasful and it should go away.9 ?# _0 \. {( D8 U& d# v# b- _0 I) j
' M6 b& v& a7 `: y5 R+ T0 V6 bBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' J& M& A- b3 ?% _+ y
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 k& u: |% `* E" ]# l& u# F
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Y( a4 z9 |; h2 EZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. e& }8 v- P: w7 \5 X9 Gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 {; j1 |1 f* P w& `+ EUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( w2 V1 F3 K8 t- W3 k) e+ y/ v
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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