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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* t7 _ i+ z4 ~( xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* f6 {* `+ n% c' A$ Q! k
the other possibility.1 A" x" L% @* r$ f$ h+ t) }
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 [* i! E" ]5 E6 k0 F2 i/ xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
1 h6 ?+ r3 [4 U' O+ N4 H$ Rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
6 R2 ~6 Y- N6 ]/ T+ mthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. U% } d1 O. e/ Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ M- b6 x* c4 _5 m, w
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 U( f2 y a# [6 q" s: rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
D7 A7 {6 S9 q( e1 A# P. Bfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 A# J1 k/ U! C0 ^3 q3 U. C) ^% K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 a @1 V: f9 e: sben a deterent to akurate speling.' \! M9 X* R9 I. F
6 e" e) P. H, N l! R0 |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; h! ]2 F8 s8 m% o. c8 i% Ndisgrasful and it should go away.
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" ?* @; e' l3 t; }" H% c; nBy 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"and3 V* F R( p1 X3 f( ]9 p
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* w5 ~6 G: L# q) B* Z0 K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 E1 G) p2 B1 C' ?5 i; Q3 n- C
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! T S6 t9 W& {Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; \- J+ q% K; w `: g
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( o. h& U; C" V' g. Z- K# cIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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