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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* h) T( ]6 `+ W2 M, A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& h& V( w3 n$ W3 U
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 x3 C2 y8 l" A! zspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 v7 H$ z* p$ m2 d8 t z% ], M o
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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. x/ g- j# v, B* w( W. _$ T. s! H" [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 y8 `' O3 }5 l0 A- O# e
the sivil servants jump with joy." B( K! i/ G6 p8 D' C
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" o# R+ B, n. t! akonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 G5 y% K; a# a; m3 E3 s6 k1 vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 O6 x' W, e8 }/ K; x; V
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
4 R5 H v# R; zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ _# c$ J, ?2 s& [+ |# [6 ~
9 \7 v; N1 E6 B8 P! T; p5 yGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 g1 |. S6 G1 V7 xben a deterent to akurate speling.
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1 T. i( }& b% \8 b) pAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; D/ Z0 I; t5 g t9 S2 G3 I+ |( Q
disgrasful and it should go away.8 ]9 `* z' |6 K. s
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ J8 o) S7 Y M2 _5 c aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- O9 ~: P. w1 ^/ a' y
7 }( c! w5 K- s* O% E# NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" m$ w1 T l1 P. O, H1 Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% g3 i) o. q B. D7 zUnd 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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