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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
0 l: f. W' R, E9 u4 I7 kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
, ]- g* ]; R4 Sthe other possibility." W& T& E8 R* F7 e4 i" `$ Q! A0 m/ u
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 H% V, q- t9 B. I( x3 Wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' H+ ]% F' h. x. n8 ~# eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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& A5 g3 T, D7 f( PIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
( u& Z' g# T% x8 r2 P3 xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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* u+ R8 `8 b; I' H: l- j+ bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
w7 ]/ G1 A. Bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' c7 D; j( H5 ]6 d" ]3 X
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% a) T8 s! D) h6 ], D2 k& f+ N/ IThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. }: u5 T p) J2 c- z5 U5 }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 h; ?! M9 H. {+ N* I8 o" e5 c$ P; Z' Qfotograf 20% shorter.. n: s6 e# Y) j- r% f! [" L
' P: g) A/ o& x3 q# xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) ~) ]+ Y7 v, K/ R( n
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- f( b- g8 W' U, [0 w4 X
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 \& S2 N8 ]3 ]3 ^6 \! [7 jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ A+ j1 W5 C/ R+ |9 V. Y) ]! hAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" k8 U2 R7 I4 @9 H4 D: t# n' I. J+ u/ M
disgrasful and it should go away.( R; a+ M. k8 v' l m# V- m3 q
: p B0 Q4 K7 @- Z* x% x3 W/ R% |By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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1 Z+ u' T7 v. u, EDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 Q1 T% h+ X7 {( F( i4 Z( ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) C0 F: C- ^5 Z8 _/ M, j
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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