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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( {& ~% `6 c9 c: G+ b' |$ g9 pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 A _" q6 R0 V+ x. A; C
the other possibility.+ Z8 ?. k: R5 c! \: v. O
; y: \7 K$ d- LAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 R, k( l& Q5 a) R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' X8 V3 s$ i0 `plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 o9 P- L4 j {1 Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& ? ~# N: M; ~0 b. [1 d( d
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ Z- p8 u* d% J, Q6 dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# J6 q( ^5 O" X. p
fotograf 20% shorter.% H/ K; I ~6 f& j9 e; I3 l
# O5 F: V/ r" g% g. e( UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ F. p! s i" Q; c+ e2 ~! `reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 d" r3 X1 w9 G( h0 B2 e" J
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 k. v0 W+ Z. U4 U. Iben 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& T" h- K" d; T1 w* i8 w
disgrasful and it should go away.& f: }4 O0 | c# m& r: _" W G3 h
/ ~1 a2 _% G6 ?2 mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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( S, D2 ]0 u6 [: C: FDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 }7 K3 q( B# x0 Dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 s# d9 d& M+ Z7 K/ W6 ^1 r
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ a/ F* h. F! k& J+ ]3 nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 B9 W6 o p9 x8 W0 C: X2 ]* i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 _! w$ i& q6 i* Q, a) R- h
forst plas.
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0 I; n/ b+ T0 L G( xIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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