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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- E7 R4 r' F G: e1 B
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 English8 H5 d& o; ]/ F: o+ l
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 O" P" e8 P1 L# s- rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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$ t, G3 d% p% P" ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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) Y& E% t( E7 p4 G4 i D. vThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
a: T; \' L0 V0 P5 u* M( |konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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, {0 Q) I) J, I) Z- y! dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 T b0 g- j5 A7 T# F" u) c
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; K$ i( H! z- w* S
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 L' h; ~) H- ^5 ^. T8 W
2 n# M; A& g3 f* z0 w+ _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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1 p5 n6 ^9 n) V. m+ c" s SAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 b1 E& I5 O( N2 M7 d( w8 x
disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 e! `$ |, T$ X$ q q$ o! FBy 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
p# F3 ]; o7 f+ }& J3 Nafter 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
" K8 ]5 g2 U# H# }6 y: g8 {understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 I4 e# a' w3 i: t- ]7 S9 XUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ O: D) [1 T" u5 e6 f# S7 s8 H+ j
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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