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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 }9 ~2 y& @$ b+ F8 M! ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 P$ K9 l* Q4 Z
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 l+ |) E) |! W4 I
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in- j. Q: d- l& Z+ \: E) u
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 k6 ]5 S0 a# R" d: F: Y
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 w7 r" E' \$ T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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6 E4 e* P: k* d) m- ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 ^5 T' C) e# w" _! W
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! p7 W9 T* k; x. m) Pfotograf 20% shorter.
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0 V- |. A* M- @$ k& b3 TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. M; r9 e' m! N1 ~& F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 C$ {' \6 `% }0 D8 R4 }
' }( R, `8 h, _. s7 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 \0 Y9 @% o; V+ {: mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ c" P6 G2 a8 o2 W, x: ^
disgrasful and it should go away.' R" U8 l* B) R8 ?, `( a& H
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. [( A1 Q( s! h! K- P
"z" and "w" with "v".2 y1 c! x7 _. }6 E1 z; T. u
' N0 T [) X( z; c& B5 uDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 O2 ~ }" v; C6 ]; H5 A: e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& y6 p6 q6 V' _( Z8 C2 H
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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. o4 S' g$ ^2 aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 Y1 x0 z# J: B' w. ^0 z; }" J/ U
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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