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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 C# W, @) u; k+ h, K
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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; t, ]4 D, r6 ] Z9 U; e) UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- Q# { Q: v' W' c j4 |spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 f9 H W8 X( j3 s, n/ Fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) G/ s M' m( W& ?4 H" r( vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 Z* n, B5 c" d+ G% m7 lthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 k, s; R" @# u: y3 G0 |' d5 W
( D2 J$ \, K8 Q7 b: S4 GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. Z* r A, w1 m. H8 ]3 l$ hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( Z8 ? G8 F# z( u% W% Ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( o! K8 d9 j4 c, e, U5 ]3 E. [
fotograf 20% shorter.) b" i+ i$ @8 x! l( D H
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 E, w3 q' l& U0 ereach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 L7 Z/ [. O1 _8 H; U# E
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# ^8 Z5 `# l i6 D L
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 K! I$ a0 D/ ^3 Z2 J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) ]) ?* O; y1 \( R' @* d$ g
disgrasful and it should go away.1 Y% l. u3 c |: E; I
8 [* s$ C$ f4 C8 ]/ ]5 L% ]By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
0 ~ _! \5 B4 m"z" and "w" with "v".
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3 m# p5 a# f. A4 n9 IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! f% m2 ]/ W" Q* O( B
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& Z% l+ n4 M/ F- I+ E% l: w) z" G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 M$ z/ d- O3 g
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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