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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( W; x: f' W1 M: Abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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" N- Y4 X( w1 o! Q( s1 K" C1 o [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, B/ A6 }' J( Q# s. m* E
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( X6 ?) w/ |: t5 z4 E( {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 S& z4 ?, |3 u# E4 \: t+ U$ gthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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1 l( ?( P1 q+ `* _: IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. [1 B4 ?" F& ^. G) j1 D# Q3 V, bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 I0 [& ^8 f: q) f" k
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; H# S" x- {! j9 d6 h
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
; g2 {* Z/ K# V. b! j3 zfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 R0 Y( Q8 Y- G# c) X! [" T+ R
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. V5 O" {* l1 w- RGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" j5 q @! U! X: v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 W5 Q+ ~+ E _) \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; n# V8 s# K _. P; \ udisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- C7 T4 d$ ?0 S
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 X5 V' h9 ^. b- @1 R B& ~5 J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# \& C8 L. ~; ~) Q1 @- ]5 \
7 H) ?9 [( H9 Q0 t/ f( Q0 sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. q7 w( B! d1 m1 s4 Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 W9 X3 \: V2 N& V' _- i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 f, d" H5 |, [; tIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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