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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 I1 {# A) _: m1 ~/ u# f2 |be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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/ R: J, Q) F. n1 R- rAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 C& r1 c8 M& t- d4 @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 ? l8 _$ b. v! J( F6 xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make C& w2 k$ f& }% O* D
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 f7 q; `# W+ s, l: n: E
- c" o" i9 t5 d& xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! B5 _' s- v) i3 n6 G, P) Z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% i, c2 L0 L/ r/ r5 H
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4 j0 \! c) G4 ^There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 G" I. m6 g. F ?0 rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: ^! w3 I! W% j% k% p$ J- [# A# y. x
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' w& C$ o6 d2 f( [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% {5 i; c- N$ }* Y0 F# i$ `9 l
& G/ \! H" G, ]! TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, P1 V+ e/ z" Nben a deterent to akurate speling.$ e5 A8 m# K8 L; Q; u1 D
% V0 @! s- d% }. C( @Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 v! B' ?; X5 k' c3 s% y; ^
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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" M) X% Q. s* C7 u$ \8 Y8 J7 ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 N; E9 f7 c" |% P! l% l
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: a, M) L) {1 m3 s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. |" c. n; h) K2 L0 z* o, C7 o+ J2 K! Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! D: i8 {7 l0 ?( q ~& q AUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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