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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 k) n! R2 |: Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 ]( L' v! y: g& }4 b ~
the other possibility.8 C) L8 H7 l/ d/ _/ X6 z
) Z# G4 ?# B* d! m( }As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 ?! y( ]/ @8 D& bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 t: R# t; `: m/ t4 @7 n2 ]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
& s0 Q' ]4 q2 ^! Jthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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& f, g0 e/ u" l! L1 K$ U3 [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 U) ?9 j3 b# G' \/ {( m" Q+ }3 Hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. F6 e6 r" H9 {2 n+ @2 s' I: Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 V6 [7 _2 ^4 E. S4 C& ~/ Y, Cfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& g- _3 ]& U% w" P& 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
' ?$ q3 x5 Q1 d, z) Nben 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' d9 \, e" @/ u4 l4 I
disgrasful and it should go away.1 i3 j! J E; K- c& h/ ~3 M5 o
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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( E Q/ P7 S; K G5 [3 CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
g& S7 l% f8 y/ v! g! oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 A4 Z& n% h0 e- s( O( @7 G+ Y! e
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 Y# \- C- c5 _2 U) n4 N4 o$ h
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 P6 u3 E3 |' C VUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 J$ D4 x0 K4 f7 ?! V, \( gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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