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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
4 ?' R6 I2 g' r8 U- g6 P9 H0 ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( O' A6 t) S5 Q4 r; S
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 _* L& |' W! ^) Z' X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* \& T' X. W5 u7 W' W5 ?0 Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( \' p8 W# {8 f: [$ P. Q
- m# H' c4 [) p* H/ w0 d' @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 {4 n9 p# Y# f* L6 X8 W* e: e" Rthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* v% G5 | ~- w/ J' v% u0 L. Lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 F. l3 ^9 G0 d" r4 `9 Q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" G" e1 q- x+ p8 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ g1 j1 E* g6 d1 ^, N* C' z4 afotograf 20% shorter.4 ?% @9 A- k2 K, y( C6 L
]" ]" O" Q N8 {In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. X) |7 `1 v, S, W }. sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: J: W8 w; H8 m. n6 u
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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& t( K a) I& c% v0 ?6 r j) zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) D3 b/ C0 A: D- z( G* `! pdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 |+ m+ t, h5 p# W, SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 D5 f0 ~7 U W& i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 N$ i6 l/ L ~ |/ E# F4 munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. I3 m7 l3 D& i& Y6 JUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- |# B6 ~9 Y# W/ p" fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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