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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 O: T. j" x. d% P7 X1 dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
^5 N1 a# d9 g0 k! q; z# Fthe other possibility.
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' i/ z. ^8 p: J7 m, F* J2 I0 NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. ?' f5 W' n+ }! o5 b) s; Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) I# ^/ E8 f# E
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 `% E( {6 q. x, J
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# @% f7 p4 M+ f. K8 s9 m7 _$ w. V- V6 t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: M7 t- s4 w( ?' P, B0 K
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' v2 ]/ B3 W* V( c% `6 q1 g
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 j& ^# J. S; w0 J4 k( J, t2 l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 Z- C: ?$ u k# s# U/ T- cfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ z% V+ U8 s8 y/ {8 |: F4 areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 r6 u( K: [: h) R1 Q* ~) x
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. B, E& a4 Z5 y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 W, c' \) Z$ y! c3 r1 ?6 g7 Y3 B, Q6 {
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is! L/ x) x1 B4 v$ ]1 i0 Q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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, h0 W2 {& N( o& j% {. j LBy 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"and5 H/ a. E4 G+ T4 ]+ o- s; H+ K
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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8 k: K, P) l1 H5 z4 e6 `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. d- m4 i- R8 s6 G+ x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. y/ {$ j" C$ X& Y M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% o' \) Z8 C/ m8 Q' s8 |
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+ y& X& {2 H o# {+ vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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