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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 D! ?+ _& X5 F' U2 ]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
% S1 k0 L" x. A: u. P1 B4 E9 `spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, n+ S7 \4 n0 b! U' Q# Gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make b& ?7 B# u) X+ G# X1 }# D
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 Q0 Z2 M3 d; c% P1 M: \; x1 O* o
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. E7 V `3 A+ D6 ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." E5 ]' g& ?. G
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! a) d9 @" Q/ Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& M% `8 J' \! T3 U$ i8 Pfotograf 20% shorter.- Y$ y" Z# p0 c E
9 Z' w4 s9 |+ N( z$ R- CIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) F4 F& e% P3 k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& F$ V' y6 ?/ ]7 B/ Y8 WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) n7 h* c% N" K' ~. e- m" jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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% E7 l9 U" s- SAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" v+ z, X& j3 E" |. [
disgrasful and it should go away., B* |4 L5 ^. ^' o
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 w4 A7 A+ d9 Q0 _2 w' z `
"z" and "w" with "v".
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; G, b6 Z; n U; ]/ w1 |- N7 }- f3 jDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 K/ `7 f- ~3 s" c7 o" {& Q- Safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." Z: A/ a+ s! ^1 t0 ?
( \8 H7 i9 [5 G/ w+ {1 Y! GZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 v( p! W+ u9 q% r, v3 p1 \: j. @
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# f m- A; l$ j9 {/ UUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" l k8 H) g1 \& r
forst plas.
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$ t2 F s# e/ D: v8 p5 I; G: \0 cIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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