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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. o5 l: V' k4 B, pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 y/ ^7 H4 a2 o5 a
the other possibility.7 M* W, J% K8 u z3 O" H; j* m
$ ^) I. `8 W* Q( B/ q" E3 d# |" {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- I1 k& w8 u$ [
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) y; Z4 b! s2 Q% jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' ?; u3 U- M# f2 r9 }8 N) H" t* qIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. I9 m- w3 F7 M8 T8 X& Athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) t$ C% a% O1 S$ Jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 D6 f5 y" T$ w \
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4 W9 h! f% j& ?5 c c& E# cThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, t U% j* w# A m" n Rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 N8 B$ W: S# e/ W$ G
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: F7 X3 f3 |* p9 V
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 z6 v Y. K* b' H. s$ @
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: z5 m5 i. L9 |) _9 M2 Z1 ^( Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: B" ]5 ?! d N, l! G) U
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; U$ ^4 ~4 Y6 [' {
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; A9 T4 q2 X" Q4 p* ~( g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 @% L& K; m) j- l9 E7 M' VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! X( q; l1 a) F
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' O* d f! P) o& `8 k, p i* `. zUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# d- c# z/ V4 VIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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