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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 ~+ N) E' k, k+ x
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' |& H Q" Z# t2 Q/ Z% c
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* P5 W- J0 v" [! Z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% P: I9 C( s4 \' }
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. G: `: w! C0 \, r; x
5 w& Y0 r: _$ lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 ]4 b7 m# G; J2 Q7 R/ w
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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P& e) G% z& b6 [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 q2 }' A- l) K/ b3 P, f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! t, T- F" S6 Y7 f2 A, l# B+ m
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 {3 }/ q- f2 c( T8 r0 \5 Wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to q) [9 `5 x8 E9 o' g' Y- Q7 x2 z W
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' K1 }+ L# \- C0 t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ y# ~1 t1 X- R$ F' L6 _
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 g- _( r' {6 h4 Q _5 E
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& \# o) K: Q' j$ [( n
disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ y+ H" |$ z4 q0 l& p. F$ m4 NBy 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"and3 s/ j, G1 |, r% V% U2 B/ ~$ c% F
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# R8 O1 t: E6 x" c X0 o
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 [: Y5 ~+ b: H# g- R5 e2 [: Vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' t R* {( h; ^+ Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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3 Z7 r) |* e! C( q. w; p- o' hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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