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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# \/ O9 e/ A P+ R1 \be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: y) f6 l/ ?, p1 M3 e8 G# k5 o( W1 e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 R$ k+ H! ~/ k: @* I; B& Y
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
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1 {9 o9 _7 B& H, G1 ]! j( Z% o% PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ V; D3 B! U6 ]; ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 v# P, ]/ h- d4 i& o& t' X/ zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& ]& m4 {* b* n4 Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% Z0 l) {0 n8 Y7 W8 E
fotograf 20% shorter.
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; C% O+ j3 w, R7 QIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' s! O8 y+ ?) l/ p. a; m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 A' g: B, x) t0 X |0 ~& c" aben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' U6 z2 F& D$ U/ k( \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ V/ b+ X5 `% Q7 }/ S' Bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 ]/ t0 ?4 g, z
"z" and "w" with "v".
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+ y0 o* {+ E$ \/ Q* hDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and |) z! W% B7 E( B9 ~! n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu g; ^/ `( Q& B g& w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 T1 I; ~( Q: g) p4 ?4 Y0 ^4 KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: h7 J% r" R1 ` @7 i! c3 C
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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