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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 L& {" ^: |6 K9 [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
3 o5 l1 h* T& Qthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ K- t. L& ?$ s7 j1 `6 H @9 U5 h0 h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" x' e3 G$ C+ U+ C% B+ |
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. H1 P% g- h6 f. [, r
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- A% Y% d/ g& s, C
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! K* T) i( w4 i5 f8 y4 }
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0 @+ u4 z9 i( w. \$ Y0 R4 q! \( j$ SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* q/ k0 J" m7 e' L
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ c- _9 @, H( q) ^
fotograf 20% shorter. N/ \! c9 V" C2 _
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) o9 n/ W. ?/ Y. P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, \2 S# t: M" ^4 v6 E Q n6 AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 N$ i& U8 `4 Bben a deterent to akurate speling.
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/ S, [/ ?$ I$ p' B* `, q5 s: |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, F# I, I" z% \# U
disgrasful and it should go away.9 F! O0 Z; A; U# |% q `
/ q. I: ?) k' n/ J! oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, p. n: a0 P# f6 J; W3 D
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, f% ?' m+ U' QDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' U- G4 i6 _+ }* t8 b4 k/ fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* q: {5 C' Y3 u* q0 E, r+ ?
/ n/ w3 ^5 H! ~ dZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 E% e7 u% @& W, A. ~0 H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) ]: D) V' T. e' q8 E2 d" V
Und 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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