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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* O, u0 h) N" D( m0 X2 B! w
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, ^4 p, s( \9 _) ~. b# w3 j; }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 I% Q* p4 b( q7 _& |
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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+ ?! u$ t3 \, |/ u6 U- wThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 S3 n8 M% D+ H% q% d2 F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; g7 r+ q) g$ V$ n" R4 J# w) sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; M! C' p4 K1 z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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& m" R) d' F: S/ Y! R: u8 t* RIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; N: c# a/ X2 u; J* C
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ j0 W2 C2 R1 B, F) u7 M
"z" and "w" with "v".
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7 M! j$ {" v0 k6 @( G. gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 G8 f' M3 B" N, V) Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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6 `% _9 E$ q% j' c6 YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 X# | I1 \) b/ G( w' K6 q8 @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* m6 q4 x, o, I- ~: G$ R, \* KUnd 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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