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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" o% @5 s4 s2 q# X% q. c3 D1 X9 ebe 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
1 B/ Z* \# W# n& {. X: r# Cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! a2 Y- d7 w* s0 d( b# 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 make8 Y4 R$ N! M0 L0 v# G
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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: R; ` T6 B$ B% o. F% z4 c1 ZThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 H2 `: T7 @( ?: ^9 }" P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 G s6 N7 ]: V- r4 x* sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' R% r; i! |! a5 c: Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, q E0 O. H) I& t
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" _1 X- E: G9 q1 H& f* o! R6 u% @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ r0 {( W8 r0 V% g6 n2 x+ S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 h3 E6 L0 o8 l1 ?6 K4 s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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$ b; }9 M1 \, A+ C5 E F( T. SBy 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
3 ?" A4 T4 V$ g% ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% j d2 a0 h6 G8 l: A- a
* G3 k& s% v( U8 v2 u1 F3 B" {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- k7 Y& n8 Y$ k$ H" T, hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ j& Y5 s0 p/ {& c$ M( aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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K3 [. X1 }. g: j* Q( P+ e+ WIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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