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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- ~ N4 R0 R. ^" U* j8 L
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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* K% p6 h2 a5 bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 e) W* S2 X4 `$ t" zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 ~9 M6 U! _8 z% V1 `
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. O: \: H6 g- ]
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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 up0 f2 f( A5 L# q0 o( a
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 s/ K% n. z) _1 }There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% S, E6 u( F1 g; [; e3 v( w
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; t2 K' Z" V9 X) S( S
fotograf 20% shorter.
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' {: O& N; _8 X* ^In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 o- S6 H- N# ]0 d, J$ ^8 Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# [( h! f w+ \# o2 ZGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" U( K4 C& m4 p* k' |+ K# @ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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4 H) h$ G6 A; c% u; i& {Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ G& Z: _6 k# Z7 a& q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 W$ g Y: I8 Z! X
"z" and "w" with "v"., M E/ J0 B! Q9 F% z! Q0 h1 e0 |
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! e8 Q7 G" }- v6 Gafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 X$ O0 m1 K% u
; J9 B; a; Q/ }2 m8 dZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 H2 p( n8 O* B3 N- b1 h5 b! l4 ~
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) J! L0 K8 O) t0 B( eUnd 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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