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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& X8 i/ R9 i( W/ W }$ ~2 Fbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
?5 U, k' b6 Pthe other possibility.2 [: R0 y4 |8 x" Z7 w' q- X
4 u6 ?5 L: I2 s3 gAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- v7 T% s( Y! x& M p3 @
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ `9 d4 o1 n1 Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& h4 j/ T0 K0 o! M( m) a
0 X. Q$ K/ z7 \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
V3 k' v2 B9 jthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 [9 R" M1 w6 f: p
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& t/ ?$ G8 B7 z) g6 Z! z9 rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% M* w2 z7 ?" F1 D& \
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) }$ C) M6 M( W# Z+ p3 C
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 X" a% {. w J5 i; @# W+ T
fotograf 20% shorter.6 [: |+ x; X+ T: b! Q6 y6 [: Z
: N- ?7 z! @0 B/ R5 ?In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# E5 j! o5 I! Y& y' T
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 S- g! y7 U- M) y% M) ]
) k- ~3 m/ N( H3 b6 V- [ fGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' D+ ~# f, L7 N b: K# G) d
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ K7 ]: L9 o4 m6 }
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" h4 u4 Z% t" f. F4 _3 ^
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% U5 u2 o9 J b4 G% i# tBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
8 F' \* ]. L3 u! o# Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 {' a& I. o' t
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ b4 K- g% ~3 t( Hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* O8 Y4 a5 s1 f" {: a: Y( P; \Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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) T7 I+ N& f8 |2 AIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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