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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will Q7 `- q* i* q |9 e# T. k7 k* I% a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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R; H7 a: d) z% H9 h6 T$ WAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: P5 f- b& q) r2 G. c4 \
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 ~' w9 I+ f) @
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# A* y) Q6 _5 x2 O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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/ R0 I( W. e6 m# A5 |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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9 l$ Q* u- F9 T Z& kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) w, ~) _! D0 [3 M/ b: X3 A% I" otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 [7 `1 I8 a0 O0 k$ N5 Z
fotograf 20% shorter.& D7 }( f7 ?- c! A' q/ Z. j* ?, M' ?
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ E( x3 Y: G- O$ A8 W5 _, q6 V, h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ T9 I. p5 h0 `6 s
, Z2 Y1 o% H. y; n; S. RGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' l+ C+ Z: C7 g+ ^ S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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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
, e/ r7 r# f5 e. _$ F$ \! Vafter 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
2 q+ P, q/ ~6 t4 @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. Y9 w" Q) ]5 [% k3 @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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