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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) s9 l% {( T( L0 pbe 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 English2 g/ i) j# D$ b7 w) T7 L
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
j) r2 M0 s2 p4 O/ j6 d! y4 dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 [1 O* Q0 G7 i
7 b. d$ k8 F/ F @3 O* H1 rIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ R& D/ h* K g+ t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) i) g7 Q2 y! N! B+ ?* T* NThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" ] S, h: [: M. E, zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 u6 q; z3 z/ ^( g) W
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' A7 k9 A6 \, R/ C( Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like a: F( h3 N$ Q8 I' ?5 m# S/ E
fotograf 20% shorter.
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3 R4 u2 \& |1 O' I4 oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ t" q! G* C' H" E0 f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ _; Z e0 U2 l$ z" C) A
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ A( g# ~, h) C9 k, ]9 T7 [( Qben a deterent to akurate speling.$ \' I# g. a$ q% ?7 s) e5 A/ I
% F- }% P, E3 f# oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* n* }( E) q6 ]8 J* xdisgrasful and it should go away.! J: H2 H5 F8 f9 U# u4 y. P2 m& W
/ ~7 H$ {8 w4 }/ C, lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 i# J3 D0 \! ^ N; h
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- Y t2 s( Q2 Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ {0 M- l" o' ?9 p, v7 G' |
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 `# t' f9 Y3 T. e
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 ?+ C5 b. D* e4 k# M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
P8 i- I# P; w) k5 ^forst plas.
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6 M) i- r- k- n, L( X' }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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