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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- T: i+ R1 a/ ~ h4 f3 M D
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 v4 ~- z6 h, ~! h+ f% }$ k
the other possibility.
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5 a o7 n% F; T. y: O( Z9 ]# C% pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* Q) @3 ]6 n4 G$ q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in [7 U5 I D4 h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., I) B2 g0 r {5 C6 @% x
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- B! t5 L! v6 P2 s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( ~" w/ s1 E/ `. q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# A% D8 Z" |3 F( {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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2 F+ p/ k3 J+ _3 cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, L& f$ Q/ L( ~: O& N6 v" Q. preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, l2 l% ~* i$ j) TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ P! z6 M/ k! ^3 B* c; V8 U. q
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 f5 x/ w- {% J" N8 Y" Y7 w) O
/ q3 A* W; @' m5 z% R( J" RAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: C6 D; V8 N4 }; }) E Y
disgrasful 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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7 E1 Z, t0 }3 G0 @* _1 ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
( s5 r# }8 \7 h1 G& K% ?" Xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! m7 Y) c* ?+ r) n
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 l7 z% t x- q% m) M ?6 @& Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
e, d- @+ t& C+ Q! m4 rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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3 [+ n2 t% u: g" A# jIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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