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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 Z8 X3 _. C) @8 R e% W/ p6 z5 W; F9 l
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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3 q( T; v& ~) ]. Y- l: ?+ eAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, Y" p$ _6 h( `8 t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 P' H( W6 N. X. Y# R: J5 Z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 n4 S; g1 k8 _9 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 @ a0 D5 D& o1 o$ ]& J+ T+ g
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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+ D: }7 e+ O+ {; L3 }' gThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 d% d' q5 S, _) M) \" e; }) Wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 W0 ^& n6 D. n; [; z
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% U! R4 S% Y& L* ^) e# P' FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% y4 W, s/ u0 C* u! H
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- p$ |% n4 ]) W( L" H
fotograf 20% shorter.
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6 M& k; W7 A9 cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: D! e) x$ j+ n: O6 l: b4 nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; c% w! [5 @: u2 @- o! c8 h2 K
7 ?! |* X" d$ {1 c5 g) eGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ o# b6 L( A) u0 d* `, a. hben 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/ E& X; u0 h% k1 m7 L
disgrasful and it should go away.1 i! E' y: T; ^3 U/ U0 }
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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X$ l- B/ \- D+ t IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 L- q! C% O0 U' C3 Tafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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2 k; |* q% v" s4 |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 K5 H; _" {' t- c! y& [7 k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! ?: }- y: n1 |4 {
Und 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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