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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ V, ~7 P) L; W
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 English0 { S' B4 |" R9 q \. I9 K+ Z X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 ?/ i, J! I# _" G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 i( }' |& h4 Q; g j% K
+ p5 B. A# u5 u$ n# P" |; eIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 v& j; c( i# M* W' U1 d; I1 _
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 ~0 D, S L8 a; o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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8 V* }9 @, B) Y& qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ N8 v+ h/ P5 c2 w @* T1 y# ]
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& B: T: l5 Y/ {' j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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* C, X$ g' e0 E9 Q/ k IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 E0 y3 |0 O, Z( e9 c
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 H% k% V2 i% L+ y) v+ f# p- n9 r5 Q: r
disgrasful and it should go away.: U7 D$ Z$ q) h9 N1 U* m
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 C! ~! C) G7 X0 n# y; o
"z" and "w" with "v".
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2 c6 i: a7 P0 n! B; bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" T0 ?8 { B! L: L, Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 m) ?8 m# m9 ^ y7 V4 w5 v
0 f8 z# Y% W: n- nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ T# B- Z- v+ a# R! Y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. `) E, |! P5 B0 f& s* J+ }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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