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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 ]) ]/ D; l: d" ~7 `. o7 A5 E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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7 R+ z6 A; [. TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 Y) t8 l5 j# A4 m3 bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) s9 B2 K9 u, h. N! p
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: V& ^* K! b( w# W4 b
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' E) g% G/ H+ |0 {0 d" k# othe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 ^% i R+ J- s8 e" o# ^0 Gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 V1 i) }; W6 ]2 y9 w
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, ?' ]0 g! @+ X# W. ?
fotograf 20% shorter.4 J2 R2 p0 G9 g+ q( U7 |
4 N: n, |7 `+ q& q+ X# oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. N/ o, z! V% G+ wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 `, B0 Z! `; M2 c
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; |6 P1 o# |& r$ B# B1 e
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
0 d8 Z- p* F5 Y- v" Ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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) a( l( B0 k4 xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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5 J# P' z8 }( E. q1 s4 KDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
Y* N& c: u- F$ Y, m* ~after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 g7 J! {, {2 w) v8 A5 l
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: g& R: g) a$ o6 p* M O) x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ c" F9 c7 v8 @, I% TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' t' `- |- L) P; g( ^4 R4 I
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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