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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
$ X+ Z; h U; C2 m) fbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' M Y' W0 Z& o D" B+ A& R
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: m5 O5 m! Z* V, ?8 W; S; V1 a( w0 }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 t2 z# t1 [7 I8 s$ Y/ U9 t6 Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! y* l' d4 P$ x. z- G. N3 t
& N% Y1 {6 k' BIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& y, n& z( n% U' K6 b2 U: Q$ nthe sivil servants jump with joy. u8 N0 g, n$ {: @' e- v8 d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 J1 B8 D- g& L U lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 H6 A9 ?0 a0 B$ A( H, G; ^5 D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. g& r& R% u0 S& Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* Q' I+ ?/ W3 g; nfotograf 20% shorter.( C4 v+ ~0 H" }, I7 a$ n
5 w' K+ l ~) Z- h2 iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ b4 k0 `/ C2 k( P% m1 s0 j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: ` \5 c" @0 c: I/ m' o
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
* h6 o2 G( A8 W2 w" Y4 nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" U# P$ e# f% M4 M9 Q0 q# P* DAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% o/ m6 N! B( M& A! ^7 E
disgrasful and it should go away.
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m8 n6 H) D0 }4 DBy 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
, ]" q: U8 { | e9 E: H$ R0 B2 y" Pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. z$ Y q* u+ [' ^- A
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 P# u2 m( U7 U+ p- V" v% Z |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ P- u1 @5 B' N4 x. b( e/ L, x
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" Y: ^' l( `8 P2 n) P8 W& {$ i
forst plas.
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/ \2 g( f: ]+ x# h1 |0 vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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