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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, M/ G( I7 k9 ^( o, h: a# m, E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ w* V% L4 h% z0 ?; |+ t _
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& _( W5 e. E& G6 y( ~: G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ _3 i/ M( j7 Y( z* ]+ m; k0 R' [& qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 l- f3 Z, |) _- O2 ^3 \
O+ K0 X @3 x$ NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 K" W. O! C [2 m; k7 g- n
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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$ j4 \# u. b5 D6 f+ `+ [7 j" OThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 B! h$ q0 r0 [5 A) t# l
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# e$ J9 i! e6 A/ O5 W
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( M% o- y# u) V( d' o% G& g8 pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 @ k( W% s' ~+ Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 g7 e3 x3 i5 f8 r, W$ H
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 y6 H& I0 e% a5 R+ v1 {
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 S* M0 o2 B7 I; z `. m3 o
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
9 n% F/ a& E p: {4 x4 ]% t& _disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 M1 }- g- ]; Z4 v9 Y5 _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ ^% r) ^5 r r5 X"z" and "w" with "v".
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; `6 I) Z3 n# Q0 `+ BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ K r# f4 {3 w% E3 D% o9 C/ v( M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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# U6 [: |" m- `$ {6 VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! X! H0 K6 ~1 z- L: _* d8 ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.; ~& a6 v8 v' A- P7 N) m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 O! ]8 h8 _- r' R
forst plas.
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# T# M# b* f. j# a% a2 Y# A( Q( RIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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