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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ @: c |3 E/ J5 ~4 {be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 w! p; Z/ L2 o0 j6 jthe other possibility.5 c4 }& A( z; p8 |# k
: [4 C% ^2 R0 ^* f9 k: SAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. f. A, @6 s- \) Q3 wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' H- i4 ?5 u. m. {7 w* ?plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) ~ t+ s, I0 P& Z- Q' J; _
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% } B! S8 a$ Z# T2 V! dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. T/ O" n# X) g- f
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% u2 y$ }& f. h& b* T! G: f; e/ qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 G& ^+ J7 I7 ~* t2 z: z# Ftroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: ~7 j% O& _. H# h0 u$ E
fotograf 20% shorter.9 a* H. P* v! Q9 K/ Q6 \( ~' {
" D5 L+ [& q: e+ W+ P' B7 k1 MIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- k- V1 s' A; B' m) M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* ^# B+ _8 o" {3 |* l* `' F
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( V6 i) }8 f6 W8 V) F0 nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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1 H5 ]# [6 f9 v6 r: J8 ~Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ d# f1 d" I% b9 E/ D" e( E% q$ N
disgrasful and it should go away.
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T" N0 Q. y- S* O* q H& e m) A) e7 _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
& k& f1 K% A' e, ?. O0 G7 x"z" and "w" with "v".) s/ o) B' ~: ~
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ R$ G8 `6 K# O5 G, rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ K, c s W( y6 G" `4 W0 i
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- u! L% K" K- u4 C% ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) s4 Y. M9 S; m6 y. gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' y# c/ t0 M! F( x/ d
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" C; W0 c: b8 e. [! LIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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