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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 I1 a0 k/ Q. g J7 c& i5 xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 ^$ k/ \+ U( L+ m5 E/ K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* G: l+ @: m% D( m8 _2 o2 iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 C* h; i( i# T! W9 T+ K1 N
. h3 [+ G3 D4 E: @/ W. R/ d/ T0 YIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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; y/ v! D1 i% AThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) k# ~, i, F( @* m+ W1 S% }0 `9 _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 o% c5 a2 x1 o* u/ H: eThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! k7 X! C4 B% C! d" ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 f; m% j$ | Z9 G* k8 pfotograf 20% shorter.# i3 B% K3 b- ~5 I- |; D/ d3 n+ H
* \4 G9 s- t, |! bIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' k# F$ ~+ h9 {1 O& o% \
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 D$ T# v) [! p% P8 X6 @
* C6 {7 z0 J* a2 ^* E RGovernments 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" Y; @. y# P6 ~8 ?6 u3 E
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with7 C5 ]' O5 `+ \8 B
"z" and "w" with "v"." I8 e: h9 Y& P3 t# _+ u }1 b
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 Z5 Q$ v, H5 Q
after 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
8 T7 c' l3 Q3 w, Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( T8 h& u9 r7 v3 M1 E
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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' E- A% b5 C+ U1 e5 TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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