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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' \5 Z! J) F' [1 ^1 ~be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
) ~. ?( u) T9 }6 o" M5 ithe other possibility.- s( O4 F$ A! H3 c
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 P0 e# p* [7 P8 |2 x8 Y$ C# {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 K8 n" _- u/ n5 x' e% E# Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ Q1 v' \' B5 _3 a# k# z% D* d! z
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 r- R; h+ U. ?6 Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! m% f" o0 A4 E% B& x g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ v* t3 r% o4 h" M
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# d8 `1 l1 j' @; o: F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: c! j4 A6 o/ X9 t$ @. I6 Vfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ Y1 X. s, Y7 t3 L7 v4 }; k6 e; t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 m, j, t* D, U9 k! g9 o
. j$ x# B& C) X8 q" s. cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 }. y0 G& b) {9 _; X( q' U. y# M
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- t& Q+ g4 O* b+ w1 ~7 R( g
( W0 M) _7 \" K" }9 ?* G3 M* k. lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 ^! v, K) m! g, Z1 Q- a2 pdisgrasful and it should go away.4 `1 y" m4 f. o. X! Y
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ Q+ y( v4 L* S" G
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# t/ u2 d" ~: Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 ^& l. a9 u; i& K# @- n- U6 }
. f: X/ W0 l4 @& }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! o+ L- [# {% l8 j$ H0 R; i
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 w$ _/ e3 @$ ~Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: \. Z( g! ?9 ?1 Z0 e: v7 Y
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! B4 |& ~5 y) R9 `9 MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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