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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 \ K& V9 W4 x% ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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- q5 o f" U$ _5 b9 i2 UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, o2 t& n9 F' g; f4 y7 @8 R1 B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 {" h4 d9 R0 V; ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. n$ j4 o0 L( }# w( g! o* Y" ^: Z
: L' ~2 @" j6 Q. z% B& ~$ q. y7 xIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- w6 {& }1 }) s+ athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' x& ]# _& I) y1 nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( A. I5 B# r2 s$ q3 w0 V" kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" p( _) e6 ^$ etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- T. s* P* A0 _: x, c8 F1 _% N
fotograf 20% shorter.
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6 t& t& a5 ^+ fIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ h2 F. j3 W" z! C4 i' ^" lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- i1 K( o9 S& \2 C$ B! B
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) R, e, @$ J+ X1 f; i. L, F
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. f& Z4 b% \, I: X
disgrasful and it should go away.
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7 w3 S* [8 |. oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- l; s1 a9 B: n
"z" and "w" with "v"., d" [. l8 F4 h: E& H& V8 d
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 b8 m) W G' Z* U- j6 p& [( r6 rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. a4 F4 V6 w6 `6 Y
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
_# ~3 v9 n( J$ a+ aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& R" a& K2 D. E2 Z) X, o- p* O5 DUnd 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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