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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
- d) ~1 R+ z3 B# Ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# Z% K. }! O' C3 |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 M! P0 S: `! Z2 _; e6 w3 ]# F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ J* L$ a- O# `4 g$ [! kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( w+ r* v* d3 [: o$ d, p5 N& d7 q
the sivil servants jump with joy. ?) d0 l9 U V( N
9 S% ?7 {6 O- g2 V' E3 zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 i2 u5 r6 r6 |1 {) n# e0 T S# B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ ?, g0 E% o- f/ D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# F$ T, W" j; ?* P: [7 t2 Ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
c' i. l- `" v) G, \1 t ifotograf 20% shorter.* ]0 X1 a" T `4 y( y8 ^
8 }# U( [% j1 W& mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) h7 _9 p# v6 M( }* wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 T+ F7 z6 B1 v, P' K5 p! S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) j, _0 b3 ]) W5 x9 ~9 |% j+ D
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& p) Q% G, N. l* e# e
disgrasful and it should go away.
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" n- \2 [/ d- ~- E0 R1 L) }7 ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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; B' D( z6 _& W0 y8 X, gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; i7 N) S# M( m: V* \; a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; P# z0 @, R5 n# U3 P4 k8 R6 W
1 b2 x+ X9 r0 V; ^, l9 RZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 @' Q! i' ?$ z5 {7 y5 W& ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 k0 _7 N9 t2 ~0 g- l1 bUnd 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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