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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ n7 v* y7 v" U3 y* v2 z; v S5 Q; Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 a- x. F4 G5 }% F
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% N6 R) V$ d) M# ?- v! j/ qAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! S+ c5 s) @# h- R7 L* v
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 H5 c* x1 o! ]8 M, Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; K7 T' j9 Y% D5 x+ s; T9 }- kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" _4 Q# C! A' u5 y: Y7 K# `the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, H7 [1 a5 k6 `" r" q) R; nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) q* u& x% y' W' D: x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( `6 L& A H+ B3 _ w& g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# Z9 ]" D5 c( o5 y
2 k9 e, t) |- V: d% F% aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ _2 j8 p& \) C2 e& bben a deterent to akurate speling.5 Y% f& l3 _& K0 `
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
# h5 n, j) ^( k$ Qdisgrasful and it should go away.$ Q& l3 ~5 g% ?4 D4 P
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with U& Z5 u* ?' c9 K I: _
"z" and "w" with "v".& Y7 m9 ?4 c9 N
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: M! J3 m0 I) @, Oafter 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% C. @" \3 [# C3 L O
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 v% l$ d9 W J2 pUnd 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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