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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 k4 m8 d" T8 k
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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9 N: O' J$ v& m, Q+ y- o" wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ i+ J) a8 R) B9 t, ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! m: h' w9 N* [1 i
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 G1 ?5 `4 u- oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 e0 E+ z8 J* N- l3 R$ t" S
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 U( @8 K2 ?) I' ^0 U$ `The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 z5 K J ^- L0 n: h y" n1 Mkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 ?: S- F# C, H+ |$ Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" k* q/ E; A/ B3 r' @fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ q/ m5 \ F) n5 t# y( f, kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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3 V% ^5 {' \- g0 h, Q) sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 }6 k" x+ I/ o- R4 b0 m+ Aben a deterent to akurate speling./ t% k& W. L ?& z2 {2 V8 e' C
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* i& W |; ?0 L& c2 ~9 [: L
disgrasful and it should go away.8 |# K# G* M' l. x2 x
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 r6 M4 S! w& S# G& D3 k# o
"z" and "w" with "v".3 X7 l' D5 G5 [( ~
% J1 ~6 ?, s) QDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; D$ O2 e4 C/ Y1 u6 n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 V0 h) I" g4 ^' O
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ [- I- d% q: h7 G! X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 m9 J- \( X+ E" D; a5 ~+ ]1 |
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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