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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" U7 Z. \7 B* C |( p. z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* y) |- l c) }: k$ X
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& b8 } {% c) l; a/ hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 L. B7 J; F7 ~# h! p* {# ospelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 N2 H; B( i# z, `plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 { F# b# D2 s) Q# d* z
$ z5 m+ R& y/ k Z' d6 Y0 q V6 GIn 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 up
% Z' Y3 v( N& ^3 ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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7 C5 [" b8 E, m* E& ~; T3 e# n# {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ ~* w: Y8 ^( F* j+ F( r2 [: x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( x3 m" G3 G5 f9 O4 o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
d# C" M. L! Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! {6 C6 n0 c% e) `4 b) F
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 f$ @3 o5 Y; }% t7 D
8 C8 w1 E. x+ H- m4 VAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* h; h5 C( s/ Y6 o
disgrasful and it should go away.
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8 V3 O$ `, |" W4 G! X& pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( W/ e/ `- D. P8 C! A
"z" and "w" with "v".8 V! |$ [% Q* r% d1 ]/ U1 K( |
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ \! p. X. P' j% E7 |* h$ S
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 M: f, d$ \+ X; A! s2 R0 s" N. N
# \/ h5 a5 @9 M% J( xZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- ?) Z7 O0 x4 _. u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 B, B$ | j$ d# ^* t) \, L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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