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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& p% {5 y3 {% p1 \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) h; |9 ]+ b7 r
the other possibility.
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! _. R% i# y1 dAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ c- ^8 C( j* u4 b3 G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 j& F, Q( d' _7 Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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$ |5 T1 c9 g- X: zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. p* D7 V2 z3 O1 u8 S% v' K. [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 Y+ |7 \$ K) S4 G1 N( ?0 i+ y) LThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, [7 ?! i/ f- jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& A" S3 d0 I3 p- J
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 _$ |0 I2 F: _" areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ w4 P, E( \" ^2 x- jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 F6 R1 x( y2 O0 s' eben a deterent to akurate speling.1 E( H& ?- ]) ^# T1 D
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- k& z- C/ @( Y
disgrasful and it should go away. k# _( z3 C% T) A" z
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& ^, M* J) _1 i1 zDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ H+ G3 e. r( R' Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ Q, X7 ]5 I+ [3 j$ [# [
# f% u/ A$ T' |( g: ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 {; H; \* w# @; M+ }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ ^3 F2 U' s: Z8 J7 d" J5 QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, B; C t8 J9 b" m: l
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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