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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% G1 Y d( p9 e6 p
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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6 k7 @& F2 R; r8 m# y+ Z( iAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 p1 b+ d2 x9 R, Q+ [" I8 l; J
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ q2 F& x+ P4 V% Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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3 }; S& J5 |# x# @, ~: [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' }( l" l+ K7 s7 j. H* Vthe sivil servants jump with joy.7 c3 \( Z) c# v W/ }
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 Z/ a9 N2 x: Z, F* B% ?0 t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 a/ M9 B8 j6 GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 ?/ ~% N5 r8 r3 U, J7 v) i
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# b. ^/ D$ P) ?3 \8 f3 S0 R
fotograf 20% shorter.; |( d f! W; x- I, ?
" c( D* P$ D4 [In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 I+ ?# l5 _) t8 I! J6 I# ? d: t+ r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: D m* | k) k3 H% ^8 U
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 c, k1 z% W' Mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 h+ D: p* Z8 _" I( z' P
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ W: Y* G% w! s5 a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: M# c( H* v7 r# L7 d `2 iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# g- C; Q- X' ?8 {7 R7 Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- P6 j6 r5 x6 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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