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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# F; \, O; d1 {be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( S( l ^7 c+ Y# ?; athe other possibility.4 t/ s0 A/ A% |! p5 r5 W
! `8 m- Z7 ]2 WAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 ~7 ?, u3 L6 n* J8 l% G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. |- }; S* c) Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 o! A9 S+ |* h- q7 Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ e; N; R# k% S7 | R: l
3 V! }9 [6 e! {" H9 w6 ]" hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! `, a: x( m- G `) \
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 `6 T O) a1 M. y- g
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- b7 U6 k- Q8 Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
4 x- v, U, b5 kfotograf 20% shorter.
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6 K' f Y' g3 b4 P$ r; N. l, ] V" s" IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' D6 z) H% W" Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 w* w* Q. M. f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" e3 l! X7 _6 h4 \) _
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ b0 r6 {. V& J3 {9 q) ^
disgrasful and it should go away.9 T. q% P8 j4 _+ ~* a7 u
! N. e8 f$ `/ d' t" Y8 IBy 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"and4 x8 a/ J$ R! t' a) ^5 `2 k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- c; ^! t3 y: y, m, g; j; P7 C3 M4 ^
* i7 v) j8 V) P0 `7 h2 u) X9 P1 {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 z3 s5 v/ b% T+ U% w9 kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 p" z+ p5 z4 i: N* x3 M* [+ h
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ \6 ^ M7 s2 K2 r" r
forst plas.
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( u" A8 c0 }4 sIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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