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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ K/ C, s j) Q" J! Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
, c- n. y' q0 J# j+ v9 b* z0 Ethe other possibility.9 M, {* H- v, W6 G+ B
$ y3 x/ A7 D7 @As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% w( J. | w6 ^+ i+ a# M8 r& c
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& k5 \8 J" t* I) p: q; s& G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: q! T. m. I& R8 r; R9 M( ]/ r
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* ?( o- ^+ d$ y: Q% z& Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" e4 n: h2 A) o* a: @0 T @+ }
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ U. A, l2 ?& @# F, n- |& x7 e" Z! j
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.
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( l: s6 v, q* V6 O. kIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ }( u- M5 p/ l! U/ j0 f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 w& e6 B8 v" s
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 o0 D; V M* m& |2 s
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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1 A/ C% k7 R! x% V% d6 _( zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 X8 V& D+ c+ \
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 B8 i! ^( E4 G% }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# S5 }5 C1 H2 i, z7 fafter 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. `- ?9 o" q: i9 f9 S, H' }5 V: \, w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! i7 Q, w% O: \( U, {Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" q0 y% a+ G7 q7 j- N
forst plas.
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, A. v9 U9 g) [5 i. T# h& c8 x. |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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