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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) U& ?; [, R7 E( E9 l1 l
be 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, o6 J5 }4 Z5 {3 e. \, U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ L/ S. u+ J3 ?7 \plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& A3 Z2 k6 O6 C
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; I8 A M3 Z6 s# J& m0 Q j
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& k! \* u9 C" v2 t- G+ P2 D4 G9 y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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, o" m' n9 Z% B; M: hThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" w' x1 x$ \) W! T* y @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* A: f0 P( i- q7 c9 G& F: L7 ~
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 `! [/ a9 l5 U P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 d. M* s( H( C( t2 A: ]0 S! b9 Q% s
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 q& s. k2 o. S3 a7 Eben a deterent to akurate speling.
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) [. g9 k% k: I1 V" |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. a, A/ [/ I# c1 R" Q, ]) C% |disgrasful and it should go away.
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0 n' ]% x; A' KBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 H! f( p( ~9 q% K( X* l, n
"z" and "w" with "v".
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' _; B* s/ l# M0 k: mDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 w1 ~' F( o4 u7 `6 Z- Fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: J j$ ^4 K& t3 oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 g% j5 x; ~2 t/ P9 D; C
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ }) q3 B0 z. r6 T6 Y# |5 c3 p
Und 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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