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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 @+ i1 O) j* [7 d' h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) J" ~" t0 M7 `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 J E+ o9 i# i% t" M2 V! mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; @1 p+ F& ]' f+ e1 d7 `+ E# k& O
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".0 U3 ]' d T7 q. K u
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 j/ m* Q1 t, ~" a& d) W/ Uthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. D0 K8 A2 q1 L5 T& [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 d7 ^+ S& y0 L, S0 W. R9 A% o0 jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& a. {" ~" h* C( m# [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( N! K- G8 n1 ?5 S
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ }( C# a4 o: n2 Q+ p
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 K$ `3 v7 T0 |) N
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 S5 _/ w' b/ mben a deterent to akurate speling.' |) j6 I' }; ~/ q _6 ^; J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 V# n5 P/ P) i+ Y) I$ k
disgrasful and it should go away.0 O' e5 h2 Y( j5 y: G! l
" q# K( _& P, M9 f& Z: f8 kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
; `1 N! e( ]; o. A: v"z" and "w" with "v".
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% @8 N+ H; i) O6 d; f B: ZDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: R; Z4 Z% O) g
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
: [% f. p/ C* v: _. M5 Wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ Y F ]' k8 I- h) u+ K1 BUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) d2 K( P: T( \) q. I; w& Z5 ?" G
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. K! C; r' g: V! |5 XIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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