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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 I5 s" S( M9 j. mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; M7 O. N1 o3 z0 p, ]
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/ Y1 P% S1 _: |( S/ L# l# ^As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 f& s: m7 R" \; V% h+ O$ Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 q7 t2 @4 D, l5 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; i: E( @9 F' y) W3 d1 D* G$ U/ {
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
`, @- u( C; n4 q* `( Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! N0 h6 ] N* ~
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 i- p) k/ Z9 h) l* O+ G6 wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 O& q0 ]* l' M( Ifotograf 20% shorter.; g6 l2 u4 k. j6 c, Z% A. l8 ~
, j! H% R7 k3 o# l3 [% _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 ~( p$ ?2 a8 C+ j$ O. F |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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* H: L/ S0 H1 J$ t* y: `- c \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 p6 r. s$ l+ S4 ]# [; X8 f
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is h2 a! j1 T E& ?
disgrasful and it should go away./ Z9 v6 \, T- V% ?. ~" x7 r
% U0 Y" ^0 y& c) q. w6 C& YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, F t. d$ }- h1 {- H7 B0 gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 u3 ]5 \5 R+ \) Y/ f
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 p) e. j5 L- ]/ o& [: n
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: Z' V+ E* Y" _3 H2 j4 B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ _# r. [8 Y9 i: L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 f6 s: \" D. T; j ~+ k
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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