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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ a- }+ [# G `8 A8 T- [
be 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# C/ T0 {$ m$ g, U; X. Z- \- [3 \
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% t8 [5 G; ?0 {* A) A4 G4 y1 Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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( @/ x% _# u" IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: {6 ?; B; u8 B* l2 B( z5 O$ bthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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# W# w5 L, j5 Y+ z& A0 \0 dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* {$ I' p0 o, T# @3 Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) I- J/ g( w! {
fotograf 20% shorter." |8 l; P3 Q( ^9 ~. v
" _* ~/ @9 O6 iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ J* p# l. ?. w& i2 v" V# hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 a" v3 z* X& ]. i1 y! o x7 H P9 C' k
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' M( i, a* q3 |1 N8 x$ o
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( d' ^/ P. l7 l$ W. Q
* @* j' @* F, ] u, l! m: oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. ^' }9 j0 Y1 {& ]1 a" Z
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 v m/ W" i! L9 R0 RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 Q' w+ }# m$ \& B5 g7 `8 n
"z" and "w" with "v".7 c" _' c$ ^! n& T
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; d6 ^% Z* r9 c/ Zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% K, x9 E6 h* ?% \- F
) a8 ]" b; _) N& L; ] `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 t0 g) K& l) m1 r; R; K$ y* `; h$ Zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ k+ P |7 H5 @% ]1 Y! y0 VUnd 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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