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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! j5 V$ c* }# R6 ~ c4 j _- |be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 Z1 o4 T) L m6 fthe other possibility.
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5 N5 l5 T( Z4 ]5 EAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 {. b' t# }) [% b6 r- c
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' J( u& L/ M/ l4 M) Z# S( v
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) c) H+ I0 ^+ l( v: LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ X" `* Z, k2 N* |9 uthe sivil servants jump with joy.0 B" a( n) `4 ?* C
8 } z D" a2 I3 eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" J( i/ T8 G4 o5 W0 h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 j+ h( e( k8 ^
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- L8 }0 m4 u. `4 @5 }/ c3 z4 p2 D D
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 [: z. _8 q& \ O( Vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! E, @& B0 [+ E4 R1 A* ?% p9 t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 o/ @; z8 b9 X# V. w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: a5 L: k# w9 y8 G
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" H" o" c/ {- C7 ~3 S# H9 e0 J0 S
disgrasful and it should go away.2 |7 Y- {3 k1 ^; u" _/ E
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 w% g# O+ {( z& H4 ~) M& z
"z" and "w" with "v".
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. \( e+ x, Q$ _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 a" C) N' f8 q6 \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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' l) ~+ R! K5 b* H# e7 NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 ^- m5 u" k" T5 ~2 Z& t1 runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: Z- R5 W. c; w+ LUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ E4 b5 Q' x8 x$ h- H+ h% o
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+ h7 ]/ T, Z+ q @9 \% ^/ zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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