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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- K& }$ f& d" N, a4 h) f1 f
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 English2 V3 s' E9 }+ x2 f+ Q- |, N
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. ?+ g5 c0 _! l% b4 E3 z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- b9 |0 }6 {, M3 \* `* e
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- X, c" _6 g i( X- V1 v
troublesome "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 to6 a+ A) n+ S+ J( H# _2 |. u1 `4 a
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments 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
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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 N. {5 U5 F' T" w3 L5 }+ A
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( q0 M7 o: R0 q4 ^! l) a% ~3 l
8 m& h J2 T, N3 P+ rZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 T; Y2 I6 Z7 y$ c U& Q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 | T5 S) d8 Y
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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