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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* f9 x) {& p3 y+ S+ r& ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 w4 w0 q& a& R: W& E
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& d0 a, P6 q3 d9 ~3 i5 O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ r5 t3 m/ V9 B3 M- {
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- a9 T( X" T! v' a, ]In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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+ p' o: r2 i! h; N: x# y3 eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: i$ L0 u* B$ t; i4 U; S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& z$ ^9 {4 J g H; O9 Q/ Wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 E b* T1 d/ |- w7 _: }! Tfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) @1 p+ R4 ?7 v2 s2 S6 preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* U- P( g' m! s) d7 P8 Q# D
ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 @) l+ a" h; `8 \% }5 Z$ W! V6 ?, p
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; {# b) S, R" |. Y
disgrasful and it should go away.1 |& _7 ]: K' p/ ^+ g
1 `7 i- M Y( x0 aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 ?: P. t. h' I- C6 N& ]
"z" and "w" with "v".& d8 W; k% z- i. n% A0 c
, ~! C7 G' H' Y7 _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& k/ s& G- |8 ^( b" Y4 @7 ? Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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5 t/ S. I# d7 B, d! }* cZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' X9 _& r8 K3 m! ?& Z8 M+ v
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; M" Y2 d- t, ]* B. y+ v2 QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& v+ A4 ]6 t. {7 ~" k4 K |2 J% b
forst plas.1 ?( r* w5 g$ G$ T+ F9 h/ j
6 s' w- `, b7 i- H$ u% IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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