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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 d! H' B# E( i% O2 _5 {
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 Z0 w+ r$ T+ e4 J
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 s$ f5 l$ |- ~# `7 I
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 ~7 F* S! u4 g0 \4 G# k5 s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 z' u% @9 `' X
1 ^. [% e& [! L- K1 O( HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ o9 m2 ~2 W0 x* Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.5 A- I, u8 [8 Z% [
+ t0 N+ u: a I2 GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: b! a' Z0 V6 n3 Ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 p- W0 F3 l5 E2 R* l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( v2 X% s( r3 ^. s
fotograf 20% shorter.7 L: g& d- b+ W0 P2 I5 j
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. s; O# k) S {. |' ]4 f: Q3 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 X0 ], a9 \: B7 m+ q' f8 BGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 x2 N& q5 d+ _ C% |2 iben a deterent to akurate speling." v" V5 j* `* n" m: B J+ d
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# y4 S5 D+ x- |2 B* ?$ h
disgrasful and it should go away.- B/ b6 m# K! \* l; [ y. d
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" g W, u: N; r( p O$ m0 K4 I, D
"z" and "w" with "v".3 R+ }% }. A1 n; f- B" [
6 \9 Q y8 c M- Q0 WDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 ]# K1 M: \. E! q" t) Q2 N1 D
after 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
( V. [8 S& S0 h0 L& ?; Zunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# @. F! S0 i/ V; I2 `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze ~# ?# C+ N: e
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$ y. @- T4 y4 x* s5 e) fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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