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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- j2 ? x& I! A, ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# g9 w- g8 L$ K# U6 H/ u
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" ]# F9 P2 y& H" g& ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 K( u3 Y0 k( h( C/ V/ H' Dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& ~) w' g7 v; X; Z2 y9 A
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 {5 s& y* b3 o! V' n7 x
the sivil servants jump with joy.. ?. x5 v0 C& W2 b) ~' a" c( m/ S6 l
1 ?9 C7 H0 \. t4 u: d* eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 G$ G" v; \6 ?0 J! r% Okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 ~# Q; y8 H3 V3 ^2 P G
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 ?, n- O5 z7 O( dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 M( W5 P1 Q L4 n5 K7 ?$ }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ f$ h( r" W( N W3 W2 x* w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ h7 ]" ?0 Z3 w5 t' k) c
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) w) G e- S/ Y6 Q1 E: A( ]ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 D2 z( i% Q8 x @
1 [2 b2 V9 {0 YAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; n: `. v) j$ p# R& P3 W
disgrasful and it should go away.6 M, q$ b/ y. _& Y4 k) O3 l9 w, u
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& Q/ i& Y8 U% [9 _# z
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. X; N4 B& `0 M, c* Tafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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! z# c1 G# q8 ~1 W% U% jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) N- T. K0 v bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) c" ?1 ? y* I7 C' ?& f5 T
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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