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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" C2 E7 D/ N i" ~. u0 V3 Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& I4 x: K# K- Z7 z \# Kthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ j. D4 Q! l0 |3 D) ]spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
0 A: ?4 R4 @2 r2 |& Tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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( e" e. Y9 B" [9 q3 `7 `( h& I( bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; R! J4 @0 y4 p7 l0 m$ fthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ [4 S. l3 W, Z( q0 gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 y6 n* Q0 E A! Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. G$ b$ T4 r- n: \5 }6 E: kfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* g4 K( z6 q, c$ `. {" `+ s' B; |
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; f$ O! Z e+ I3 p8 A/ C+ |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 M: {& k$ B* C9 `: Y9 j, v; d1 \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( N- h8 Y% c. p" y+ E9 s1 Q; Wdisgrasful and it should go away.0 ~, s8 }2 K# Y$ x5 I, h" B
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 Q. X1 l, I% Y. y }2 e! S, v! `"z" and "w" with "v". }3 M+ H- Y* y
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 c) G% e* P! P/ J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 u5 S, _6 I; q H
: z$ x" m: t4 t1 ~+ fZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& G) j$ }8 {, L% P7 o+ h8 Uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' `0 v0 p8 h, f( H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* |/ k6 T7 A1 H! d& S. U
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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