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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 {5 o0 H2 O* p5 }be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 `2 C; l" O3 t- E# R4 S. U% `spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; a. p3 B" P2 W
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% X. T7 b0 z! C G2 tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 f( j2 Q, Y" A8 [1 k h
the sivil servants jump with joy.* a5 _9 W) e8 U" e
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 q) j! f V6 d' h3 G" {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 b+ s1 q+ q# r& Y" a" z# v- S
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0 f% \6 d" R( X2 rThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) {! O1 i. ]; U* x2 d! x5 H* b0 p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, H+ {( A/ b/ s7 p
fotograf 20% shorter.! A6 A9 ~* p4 p) N! _) A
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' H% l. ~0 d: R t8 Y( C
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 i" u' h( H2 [7 A' \: F" WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 U: Z1 ~& n2 t: Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* I1 m& Z( k3 t$ eAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 t' ^! M+ C- S: Z* w) I: Fdisgrasful and it should go away.+ y" Y. J1 G2 a A/ ?* D7 J
+ h- C! h! N5 c T6 LBy 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
" n$ e# e1 s/ R$ pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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/ D9 I1 U% |2 Z" LZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( [& d4 J# a! o" K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 ]; L; r. z9 I: R% B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; T* `! r: j6 v. ?( C
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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