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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ Q4 u1 M2 K- T' P: L6 t5 \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( ?# |& u! I- u, f7 X' y/ V
the other possibility.5 {$ J8 G' e, W2 ]) [# ]
4 ^. u5 C( z |4 g! hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 R( G+ u6 U; |7 w) s& ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, n, \# F4 ^6 \' l* J/ ^7 g$ n7 i4 jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 i7 s6 X& M0 p: F! I% x5 Y! O! ]( V
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 m8 V; ` M+ f# ?, a& M- q: X
- P6 \% C* f2 M3 J; vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- }! J) W4 x7 M9 w" R+ {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 m( }' G6 X! w/ m0 f
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, I# L* @ |/ p* U7 o5 k0 CThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* ^. B" }/ _/ q" Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; S- p7 h" N. t( s5 r/ z7 h! w$ O; A
fotograf 20% shorter.8 ?& {: P" h+ C; N
4 x. ^- J1 q' {/ ?# RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: a- V" `+ ]( j+ E$ preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) h p1 J: Z |+ tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# O% {7 y6 [' h. ^$ o4 [8 M* gben a deterent to akurate speling.5 z3 f2 T8 Z4 T; Z v! J' O3 O
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ M' j9 n4 ^4 j4 m
disgrasful and it should go away.
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; @5 R( N2 R v' a3 M0 T/ RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; l8 v* @7 M9 W+ p1 t3 L& H/ |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 m7 g6 O' M, y3 D+ qZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- @8 D; F' e: ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 l+ Q, _" n0 U! AUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze3 E. l( v5 c; ^) G0 Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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