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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( @3 P9 y' j/ [# ]% C/ {be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# o; l: G4 H' n
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 Q; u0 ~$ H J5 W. m, Q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. K( U7 S4 z' W: {: o' f" I1 |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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. h8 g# M7 H6 l! G, `3 U" E" ^In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ [/ w, B+ d' R# N7 @the sivil servants jump with joy.( ~. Q3 h* M' Q% ^
- D o4 p' W! aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 ~) }" c% e! ]' L
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- ]/ I6 K v0 Y9 y& z) x* z; B
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/ [; y8 M4 v2 E! t; \, KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 Q0 i, d$ W: N9 K+ Gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& r9 P/ Q: L3 b" [) x! Xfotograf 20% shorter.
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! ]1 E5 |( Z8 e( IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" Z6 u3 [1 a4 W1 _7 ^, o$ r* qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 E1 [ p# n' f& I. [2 oben a deterent to akurate speling.
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; z8 O, Z0 a- bAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
$ N- ]) o! Q" h% ^disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 u9 R0 ?3 U. gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& V3 \8 b- @% Z, e' Q% I4 ^2 y, i( `$ lDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ B/ g* h: b4 e ]. x$ d. gafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' C, f7 q# L; R; I6 r I. H0 P
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) B! s" }: E' l/ D3 x H/ Q& Y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 @& w# j2 k4 W# kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 H+ {1 q8 J0 }4 |" y! b% r4 B
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( B( T9 t9 A4 `: ~( _6 KIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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