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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* n( X8 P# m+ @0 t) j( t0 Hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& h- e L+ _3 D( D# |5 y3 r. f+ Qthe other possibility.
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' W; \, P# Y- B# R8 X7 k8 Z" O* xAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% t2 K1 f$ V* Q. i' w f, |4 lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 N! a M8 g* ^. o1 k0 V* jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, R1 D+ j* G1 T% k3 ^( Y9 y$ a: s% FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! a. e1 h. z) dthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# t u$ l! G# Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# ?+ ^. K/ c, g9 ~! h
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. p8 M+ A; i5 m$ z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' J+ o. X! n' m4 @, C
fotograf 20% shorter.
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2 {9 c9 @" Z+ a2 n( j6 ^% JIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( K* o& B$ L- m M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 e& L. j* T) a8 Bben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* C) f' ~$ v5 _- O7 M d! WAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 j9 F+ N) j4 m/ ^- T
disgrasful and it should go away.
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" {# {3 X# @) y$ |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
. ?" Q8 N z% |3 t1 i) O) ?# C7 ^after 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; E( s4 r p% c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# H6 L) k% e) c, a. \$ `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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! [. |1 z. j3 v, y3 Z9 ~: D: @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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