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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
G/ N% A; z, W& z; |6 R! wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) U" Q% ~3 I+ q7 f7 j, a
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 \0 t6 k! w2 W2 qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." m: P3 e( @# [ a5 S
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 E, @. N3 R: p F3 u" X4 D
the sivil servants jump with joy.* E7 _" i; O& s8 O
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 E3 J- I* O* t) Z* Y+ v, akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ a4 \5 a) l) {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ y" B: ~( g/ m% e3 [
fotograf 20% shorter.8 D' r9 `9 l8 b0 n8 f
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% A6 E7 o3 c3 v2 ]0 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# q0 X9 y1 R+ h' E
ben a deterent to akurate speling.* w& m. i: g. g5 a4 ?: t
; a$ ?5 O2 W0 z. C. D7 J; \1 t; r c4 DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 w, y. k1 @5 ~4 M ]" V9 cdisgrasful and it should go away.. {4 s* p1 x! t! O0 R
$ F% ~9 H b. \1 I8 G+ _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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; P* M, M; Y2 h1 Z l2 a" \8 MDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( w$ x5 b$ _* K8 t) @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 x: Y4 E3 Y% ~, M, JZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) m4 M/ z& l3 m/ }* a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( a% c, S5 ?' F: H$ tUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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