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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- e q/ R. O4 ~) B! | R
be 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 English" w0 l5 g+ Z) X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" N3 E1 v2 x# ?7 {
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 G7 w% [( t3 {# f9 `' I; n/ \
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- w; q5 D+ O2 \& s
the sivil servants jump with joy.; ]; E: Q/ T5 O2 E. b
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* r* t( W. X7 M' _* y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 |1 v) j- C& j7 }! m; L4 V: a
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ b, H# M4 w5 V& E. p, A& h
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, X+ G; r2 ]8 I3 c( O
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& ]# j! B5 R7 _8 c
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 r' ~5 F9 R4 a8 f6 T+ y" k
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& E, ?3 ~* d0 X! @. A+ G& v) `4 |% K
; X$ {' `3 \ S% [; x0 |- WAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 s% R9 D6 ~$ ]3 R# J4 Xdisgrasful and it should go away.. T0 k. _2 w6 I, ^0 m
& A9 ?; ~7 n) g& B, a$ u5 OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( R! j+ z7 i: h0 S: F# z+ q
"z" and "w" with "v".
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+ n9 n% V+ J9 m& wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ H& }6 ]6 L$ L4 e9 P# c3 y+ V
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) r$ I: _0 X {1 W( Y: n/ l
& e( q3 Y F7 F6 YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 U* F& w# N- @$ S* m% J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 `* l7 t- O! I% j3 G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* o0 ~$ E! p5 y- k7 `# R$ MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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