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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( j# R! H5 u8 z6 G6 K1 B9 [6 q! Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was. M+ f2 f5 {2 H
the other possibility." ?* i/ \; x: @8 Z2 }- ^0 ^
8 [' B/ `/ G4 _& b8 I7 b0 E+ vAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 r T# C( F5 C5 }& Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 v/ J5 w; Z0 O* }; y; x8 n3 Jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 e9 ~: n5 `( @8 c
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% L( P% s( v8 o0 `- I+ o
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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* r; D1 g2 Z+ C( z* }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" O+ m; B2 A) @% E1 \' f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ }' u6 ~* k1 y' C
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( l! t2 ?; g4 G$ P' Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 u1 V! G- g- n) g+ D
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 |' T" T j8 ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 m6 h, c+ }6 m9 ]: M
. P% V: s, R) i% Q3 AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- ]3 Z' W* C2 c: |% Tben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 _/ S9 l6 G4 O# t. AAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. K2 z0 |* j) } K# o" g
disgrasful and it should go away.0 p. }4 z8 W1 ~: t& Y
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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"and8 w- x0 { ]! }3 W1 s3 d
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
) t; U; \# @: o5 W1 c8 Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Z6 v7 T6 R, k l- a6 \, d; O
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ Z% N$ X5 K( y9 `6 f
forst plas.
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$ _* m" T+ q) |3 h h7 {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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