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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; e W( T" Y) l- u1 G' N4 m) x3 Vbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ z0 k6 ], x+ c7 u+ ]6 D- h
the other possibility.
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1 }) O- V3 _+ _As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& \" b; t- |( r; T d* ~" K4 k% sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( h3 P1 \" R9 L. [8 H$ y7 X6 s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* e7 Z! o# L6 H2 k R" e7 U n
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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7 |+ A9 a5 i& M7 l& O, r6 dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& V" [( |, P3 Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 y' j. C1 K9 F
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. k. f, L) V- M0 y1 y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' [/ [0 H0 k- y7 g( [fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! W% X" \2 ~8 b [3 ^/ Q& O. @6 Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; V7 D. j) H( S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ m3 R- A. h5 V( V) `; a4 `
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ O, U( t+ ^" U/ e2 o' t% n
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
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5 D z: y+ o6 l4 ~2 ^/ uDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 q2 W+ W# |/ F7 [4 k8 y6 `
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; A5 ? x) \; z4 d) Y
; }& L7 W3 B6 T. IZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ m' M3 P* \; U) `
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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