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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' I8 R& S% t$ ~, Y& I0 \/ h
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 English# V7 H+ G; \5 ~, I( J# q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, J! B6 z. N X* r9 F! F% Hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 ?0 i0 p. }2 R. W- C) v
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ r! a( W$ x X; a2 }3 [5 ]
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 q: N9 z* h9 j7 p. W
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- N- X* C; G# S% ^9 _* gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. D1 {( q: _% X2 A* Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ [4 V+ D) ~1 C- @
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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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+ T7 W9 O0 V4 D. x8 p% X# {
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: w/ q: G5 g+ A4 K o; aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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* u& e" ]+ g7 \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; k9 \; T1 t3 L+ t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 t* ~4 ?1 \6 V. @( l3 B1 E
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 g# C0 _9 ^7 H$ O( F) I T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 W8 t* z% F' X9 I
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ F# W# E; Z6 T8 B) O
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. E! a0 [. C1 r: O6 `% oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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