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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ [8 U) o# _& [) z, L7 A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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, z. L) X% x8 sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# H, i& S7 |1 j0 O* Uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 E* B1 s3 ]3 T- w; K, dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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" ?& K. A. s- E! m. N0 O+ HThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- Y9 l6 ?1 `+ Y' B( z! l8 r/ Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ P- b) w- i' b- Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 \- d/ B; B8 x% H# |ben a deterent to akurate speling.5 |( I# |" h; M% J& [6 m. }6 N
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; V; l4 Y0 h, y# x$ j- U t5 hdisgrasful and it should go away.. V1 z( g& S! \3 L6 o
# m' A* B1 s4 s* I- y" ^# n' ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ ], a6 K" y* Q4 N( r5 x" m
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( d4 S0 _ m9 n$ y% w/ nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 ^# \$ I/ g" s% X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 I0 T5 V$ J5 V3 w3 [
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& s$ X0 Y* K! ^6 Q, `0 m* T, C, R1 ]
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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