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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" [& m( U2 ~5 h) l& l. g8 Hbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 y3 K3 E. l- s* |! H9 c
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ } j- c b( A9 L
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ Y. A4 [$ e1 e" V3 D
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 r' z. U$ [/ q' [% ^
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 i; ]7 ` f7 L$ f7 l
* Y. o7 @- \/ [3 R! a/ bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) e- ]/ T5 _, l6 P8 K2 skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' h5 O {% c& \0 ^0 O& H
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( x! j1 ~3 ^" `, pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. A1 l+ O% S: A7 N! s, r- l! f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% ?7 a7 o7 m" @6 U. S4 g: U
fotograf 20% shorter.8 r* D; T: R# {* m" i0 ~
6 N% P& W6 n0 [% S5 H, ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 [( O+ F) V7 W' \2 G- c# b% [( Breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 j6 F& p; V9 @. a7 s/ O6 @Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& |2 ?4 E* m* F- \/ Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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3 j& ?# T" C$ \" EAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( V! C5 Z: a* J- B
disgrasful and it should go away.7 Q( _3 q" n$ H. Q
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( `0 g9 J* `1 ^3 H6 K& w# w
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ M' c7 b! n' |# [& `0 A* X$ m5 L
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: W+ F& Y8 w! Y9 m7 V7 @% {7 U
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
V# q7 P0 j3 I: Z$ v1 {understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& E0 T! | S4 y1 P; X- vUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: l3 c" F, W* F* d6 u0 \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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