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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( A8 ~7 [- v0 a8 t# j
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
) X% C, P2 R3 C& K- [5 [$ G) c* h& Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% Q8 y' d/ k0 c( `$ Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 J! a5 M1 ~, A/ O/ s6 p
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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 up6 n( I( N% B" t- ~% o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 y( P" D$ V8 U. b8 a: V
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% Q N N- j7 kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the J# g7 w/ j7 H: i2 w& z6 \0 z3 y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% b% C2 @/ }' o9 i$ c
fotograf 20% shorter.
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' \/ r4 ] x7 y- G9 D* O" D( O# o; I8 oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 T- r6 B5 Q# L# z1 T L
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ v, n- `# p' i/ ~ D4 N. fGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; Z: ~" j v( \* y' Z+ rben a deterent to akurate speling.2 t2 a) q+ f/ W* `& M& e. }* Y, P
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, f2 E) K# M+ F6 s, J3 r H
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* K7 |- ?4 u. w* L9 ?* t- S
"z" and "w" with "v".
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- ` w* k* g: c* P/ x9 X5 J( eDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ U) {7 H( f! m! i" E; w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( D: P. t, ^# f3 e- m ~9 }1 s* A
1 T7 q; }1 a' }+ R' ^9 d( Q" XZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 z3 C$ @& e1 ^" i" B3 Z9 H) ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 Z" `, y1 y9 Q7 y9 `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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) V: F* N* a, j9 L7 e% u" L" {: iIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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