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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 {/ f7 z: ^& X% j
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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2 q0 a$ a# x& \7 d6 I( b% M9 [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 i$ I; \; t! g: f' V- Y( \spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# l1 d; }& H! D( v% j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. b8 b f1 X4 w, o
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make z; o0 c, Q% Q) p, K9 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.% W/ P! d' q0 k9 B" \
% T( J0 o) h& {# ], K6 EThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 g# g, g6 I5 C( s" I! {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! f ^/ D- P- h6 E" v9 x+ C9 a- |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 W8 X" ]( d* V. l6 v2 L1 g! Y
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" T" P/ K1 o9 L7 z" [3 w; J# G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! Q. M! c b( ^; u
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# D4 y- G* q) Z6 x* a' q9 F
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 S* e- x/ }- E" ^, E7 i% C
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By 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"and
: Z" V& u, [6 }- o9 m: x aafter 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' z1 s. C2 u, H6 {, T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ ], ^- b- q" A* L- _: R
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 n6 P4 A2 G7 c9 G+ f' aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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