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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# m; K, _( \$ o8 a2 p" Rbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& c6 v) T( j9 N6 |7 N$ h; h* v
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6 T" U# T5 F y$ {3 d& f' `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 x) p. A1 [& B2 l; Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in A! g* ?" |& A' j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' |9 K6 k1 J5 U9 X* N: d
5 ^ P$ e" }: x E: X) X$ p: XIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* ~. g5 x5 ]: A3 G* Y
the sivil servants jump with joy., Q B+ k# C# I+ I7 }' D ?
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# H' f8 }* u4 s# J) f5 S# r9 B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 r1 y& {8 b9 @( w$ |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' F8 N- f" o/ _5 Z/ r8 y( ^troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' ^$ Y5 s4 e: C+ Jfotograf 20% shorter.6 |7 E9 j1 n" P( ]; F3 ?4 ~
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: e; w$ _6 N1 [3 }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 r2 u* f: @# C: g r: a9 u; i" GGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 E4 U& q z! A/ u5 w
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 r# u6 t) x) M$ h
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 x4 k4 V2 {; |( N, e
disgrasful and it should go away.
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+ E) ]4 z' u Y9 W/ r# n# \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
5 v" E: H9 z! \"z" and "w" with "v".
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% ]6 G" x: @6 q6 j, hDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, T* w/ @5 z, j( t/ L! n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: h; ]) {5 A' M, Q3 g2 G- s
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 k0 @" t* n3 m( funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 \7 W6 M6 M2 F7 E Q
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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