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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
% a0 j, z, ]0 ?# Q/ i* ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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* M" o* y' c, j: x% t0 NAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 s# O" O0 \( t. Q) n
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; f! o; F1 N) X" h2 N
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 u" a2 W7 N( C. p. K- L3 JIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# L* S$ D: O a, N" mthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 A# x" z# y$ ?
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 i6 x( K$ D6 V7 q2 @konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. k) h, ` t0 X9 V% n, Btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- ?9 Q$ I3 U; a" z# V% |- qfotograf 20% shorter.
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5 o0 t) \8 G6 w1 eIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: F# P/ e- B, E( Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 G- J* e& O7 A3 O; s" L" hben a deterent to akurate speling.5 r( O, ~- k9 n0 h! ^9 ?* Y
2 ^2 o [$ B, S7 rAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ I9 Z& M0 K3 z8 {, [; Jdisgrasful and it should go away.: y. D. j$ n Z, r. G( h
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. K" |7 F% t; ]+ P5 D
"z" and "w" with "v".$ I* d: m F" Q
# w) `0 m+ t& _! g: e6 WDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ i8 \: c" ~0 a# f9 _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
, q5 e1 W3 l9 r0 A. M3 `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* Y9 _# H2 O* | z6 z& TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 R+ M- b- F- j! s% M/ l
forst plas.
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2 {# J. N2 b3 _6 e/ l+ bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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