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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; K$ M* T, c7 k+ I: v) A4 h- }
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 English
' g9 Q- _2 Y! q3 } L, }spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 m6 b5 [+ V' G- ]. E: @: W5 G2 {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".; V W" H& H$ M [( T
1 y* H f$ g$ V% q% A# \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* H. X8 v8 V' p- K9 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 p! }# x; c6 f. @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! L# e' I) L6 f9 X2 ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" O9 e* W9 z0 ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 e9 x+ a4 s- B7 _
9 z/ z! {( m M) U1 DGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* f; _( h( z2 P* e/ M: l; j2 ?# t
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 F- |% W8 K7 ~9 E' O# j f
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. ]$ ^7 g$ A0 |2 G7 O9 u: @
"z" and "w" with "v"., |( ?3 q* z( U6 Q5 d5 J; }
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! H2 T! ~0 s4 u z$ [( [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." s+ `! f, J$ @' D& p/ [
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* B# U r% u5 U" {& |5 D- b
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 h1 `( J# m# q. n- h
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 d& d7 u6 t' i! f. I5 j) lIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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