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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, Z" \( g8 B9 x( Z. [- Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
8 F! p" S8 Z, i3 N) {7 q8 o, t/ ~8 F- sthe other possibility.
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+ |2 B( k9 W& ?! ^+ V" [3 p2 c* {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! e% }: P, O+ `/ m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 H: j: C# n* q9 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! H2 b& k7 E8 u* @, c. ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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5 u" u$ I: b* r) q3 o& x# iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 s- V2 C/ p4 D9 F. `- ?5 S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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8 m1 b( f8 u# s6 }# n% [; ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# y8 q2 Y4 b. x7 j. ?* r4 F& Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% w4 s, a' `. a! v8 O8 s6 t' B
fotograf 20% shorter.4 O& @( C% O @9 ]# Y
6 g/ Q$ i- [* b& P' x8 ^In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; Y' a" p. A5 Ereach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& R3 i% b/ r* N/ H$ t! }) kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; c% K5 S; d4 o6 F8 o/ b1 `
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 is9 i9 P5 w/ i: M7 X
disgrasful and it should go away.
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$ \+ w2 T+ ? W) M) _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 t$ C6 R$ O/ C" d
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: C, J9 ~/ j& e, J+ R; ^" W. M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' V) v9 d; ]* j3 ?7 f0 m
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ j3 w4 o7 w7 n8 A5 U- kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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