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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" w5 Z7 u" X( [* F
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 t% O; [' e5 A
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* G; s* w3 P U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 [% w: S* j- u- l7 k% Y
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 b1 m. O! N6 W& w$ v( ?2 f) t- K
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; A/ l3 T8 D% G6 M
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 s1 q* D0 c& R
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 p5 M4 y! b r) k5 ^9 u8 G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- u$ \5 Z; k, o
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. K! \0 T$ o( |1 V" h* g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; _6 C \- M6 i. |2 Z$ g
fotograf 20% shorter.
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7 r# `" i- n* X: DIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 P0 N4 J) f$ h3 n* zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 s9 y2 O0 T2 dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ Z5 N H# \) Y7 T. j6 [
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 j" }% [& |7 y9 r9 M
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 e1 Z4 V* V6 R' Q
disgrasful and it should go away.7 v+ ~; T( D1 V, K
( F1 F7 G3 [# K3 w7 `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
1 @) i: I4 ]9 kafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! J: ]1 x/ E2 m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! h" x! J4 Y, ~6 ~# ?$ lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ g) u9 ]' D# Y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 p W: q. w3 q2 o. yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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