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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will [9 v/ z1 S$ a! I; c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- Q" U3 M, x3 z0 a( s
the other possibility.
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7 x8 F6 y% d3 [3 I5 s2 Q% f5 {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 b/ x. Z5 t* X* ^8 yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ k1 |7 Y9 e5 {. V1 r5 g6 H6 Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) y# d$ l" l: m. g* R3 Z$ q
the sivil servants jump with joy.' S$ T7 D" E) s# B
9 J* C0 i5 S& u: QThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 a0 Q0 `# D$ T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- M5 s( T. \ E. \7 ^2 m
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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, [0 i' X# i. _1 n" pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 y3 X' T( J/ m1 c8 n d' f' v
ben a deterent to akurate speling., X: F) N0 l. U3 D3 r, R; ~
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 G$ q# C0 d! s" M& x. ]0 B6 Y
disgrasful and it should go away.0 }4 B c2 P8 H9 Y3 ]! F: [5 o l
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ ~4 O" p: {4 m: f: r4 w: S! }7 x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 f' s0 l( E& R& x0 K2 ZZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& u+ ~7 ~5 B+ t* C, k7 K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 M, b# [ }+ R% W2 f6 Z
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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