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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. `# A8 `# a' y6 X& U' obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 I3 N) f4 O# E- n$ X. @! `& Fthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% |% d7 i8 u; Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' K9 r) C/ o* }5 \4 e; p6 s' qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- ^& \/ j/ v, f" L- Z! l$ ^; w
/ s/ R, l u% l4 s1 @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ g: ~& j6 k! `) k
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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( O* e" d% B; x! \5 Z' J9 _The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 R4 A# A6 O% l4 b9 |! {konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! H7 S& n) t) d& ~( A) S
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t3 k! s7 R+ K* _9 M( JThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 f5 @! P) b. [6 V r# z. mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like _' g* r6 p0 ^8 P6 r# X
fotograf 20% shorter.6 m# O9 U1 E, y, k
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 C' d! M& Z9 mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- |% f% U$ y! \
7 x" p% B5 ^2 M' n/ QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& u3 |# v, ?- d- d4 s) a6 {5 nben a deterent to akurate speling.5 \! l8 J2 W" J8 D9 d
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# h) X/ S3 [5 H$ M. l6 Tdisgrasful and it should go away.
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- e: {( Q* h3 }+ k. T+ R: q' yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 @0 A% |8 Q6 P7 |; x+ A
"z" and "w" with "v".1 W+ Q8 a% B6 _. S! x+ o/ w b! @2 Z9 V
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 S3 R A: D& v
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* D4 A) t; }6 x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ C: U" ]9 I5 h X+ `1 g1 {, z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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) k7 @* V1 W; H! o7 WIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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