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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' a3 b4 O. P# Dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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* R8 X1 N) C" x& M/ z; o: m/ u6 qAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ ~7 _8 Z# {1 k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 [- A( L; A1 Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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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
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# v- V8 L: _3 j' htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 d& S/ F O- q8 d, P4 ffotograf 20% shorter." ]- Q0 x2 Y; c: k& \2 R( D4 V8 _
! h% `- s7 ^0 w4 ~. M( U4 rIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* d3 u% x7 d) A8 o1 @8 ~% h5 P$ |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By 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"and2 ?% G' _- I0 T/ F
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% }% q# w! p; E( f4 J( E7 E. v* L8 nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und 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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