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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, D2 i/ u4 l( E2 C5 k! N3 |be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
* }1 O% i/ m8 [$ ?' ?the other possibility.
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1 ?+ F* \9 O+ ~+ d' t$ }$ hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ u$ o% Z9 [9 g& l! A8 sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
g' x4 u1 N% r4 O: Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ ]- V) O( e0 @" E& F3 h8 h, i) IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ k' N1 _* A% v4 N6 ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 \, T2 E! M: V- M4 ~/ O, [. Bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. ]3 n; l2 D- u4 b! Q* ~+ i
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* l1 C3 H( j% O& n+ X5 ]! {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! J% W- t8 N8 }2 |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 P6 d* H3 v- h; D) k- wfotograf 20% shorter./ t& r, M: v8 h$ ]4 N+ w
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 n0 D& ^9 S9 Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 M/ v$ ?6 l+ ~1 XGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 U1 D% E5 p# n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( I. b" F# o( V/ q9 H1 e
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
Y. }: {9 z" J+ P# U; Adisgrasful and it should go away., |0 }5 J9 b! X
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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"and
$ D4 K7 C a! G) [ L- J, zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. q5 u" y7 h E4 w3 y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 p; D: x; w% t7 h" T
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 e/ G, B% E' y8 T
forst plas.
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; _6 P7 \( A3 y; K6 J; ]. CIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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