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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& T1 v- e" T& I4 Y$ o; Y2 `be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) a: G, p% L5 GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) ^# j3 j& ~; U* [1 fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! a' N' d S# y( j0 H
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 z _0 z1 f8 B7 ?$ }4 yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, g5 K/ U$ _2 |4 q1 z! Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 [2 W- s- n" ]# v
$ [" I. R3 t& z8 lThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up) U7 i( F3 w: ?5 g6 I* E
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ S& \. Q* R# v" I; Z
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9 b c8 z& ~% P: uThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ g) t0 e( `: y4 y5 M8 s
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! r" c9 p- ?& a, o4 N6 i7 f( m
fotograf 20% shorter./ @. i" |4 x# |8 E! d+ ~! \
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# Z5 e# k( z) e ]6 k' r" R6 y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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1 v& T! v% e" K7 e e. r& e2 `Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ E! y2 r5 z" G& f0 |- ^2 [disgrasful and it should go away.0 ]6 o9 q% }8 S2 F6 v
9 K3 L$ G) ]; ?. |& B% T: nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 E/ w9 E: L. B) y5 s. BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. q; Q9 D! C! cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( v5 j% s8 Y$ P6 ^" V
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 W- `* o+ Q0 p2 ^. Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." I5 o. s% M. r/ M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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! ]9 v9 d& p, }) F+ ~- X4 @) mIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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