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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 z$ r. `+ w/ I" ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
% g U) j5 a, e/ i& j1 n& A% Cthe other possibility.
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: J$ N( ?! d3 L" QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 Q1 B) D8 ]2 j; L% Zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) n3 j% o. q8 Y- O. L& U* Pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% w; R6 m1 b5 ?/ h, a
; [! J1 ^4 \% A5 e) z* B( m6 ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' l! j7 ]1 Z0 g) ^
the sivil servants jump with joy., {# r& V9 e* M _* n
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 `7 [ V; D5 n! J
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., a0 v: @& K( p$ v$ M0 }
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( Q% ~5 R+ z) s# k; ?) h- `There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) N; y+ i4 Q8 ?
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( P. a- l) F1 b5 V
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- l J) {' A2 v! c8 `* kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; T1 V) H1 H- f* _* j% n9 n: W/ G: gben a deterent to akurate speling.! Z% ~1 t3 [; \) c3 J1 I
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ S: m% d$ Z) z2 W+ Rdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
6 ^% n ~: `; Y5 C"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; [/ c. |$ T1 Q& @, D: s0 `8 ] Kafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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8 ^1 z. @0 \ f0 u4 f) OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 |% E. L! B7 X2 ^8 Kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& Y/ _ `+ W$ S( e* Y( QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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+ }+ l5 m' U1 w, |' [# A# \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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