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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, V" ~( e+ J0 [4 u
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
! e- ^2 u' A* Rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* P8 Z& h$ q( l% z2 K" v, k. {
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/ {/ E- c: g2 k/ B
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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E' Z- ?+ M1 A$ KThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( G: c p% y) u2 Z- [# X0 {
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 k$ T$ C' Q( p8 o; F5 y( j$ o XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ E x( a, Z( s2 C, R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: w8 {+ |7 B+ n4 j& |7 r; L. \" R: x
fotograf 20% shorter.
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: x9 ~* D* x/ J7 ^7 sIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 v& j3 ]' t& I$ W5 X; k4 breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 x3 F5 _1 b& @& ]9 \
. [) b6 {* t+ k1 G. U; f6 _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! p! a' s( O/ E7 I5 D5 Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* N A1 }: T. Y- Z9 m i( UAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is K: r: m6 @7 n8 O
disgrasful and it should go away.& U( [! r. _& w6 D
! Y, H- f" R# ^: w* {+ @ BBy 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- j" a. m2 U( J+ A( F! _8 |1 S
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 K9 j6 G/ w4 Q
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 e$ b7 ]& p9 l/ I6 e, h% Junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Q2 }6 U6 F! @8 ~Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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F3 U" U- [' R7 g, `1 xIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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