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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; P0 X9 y7 ~9 P+ Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( }" z! o" I2 F
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! y0 C0 M5 w8 e* V) Sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) I9 W. E8 \$ L) Mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% ^/ j+ K c4 J
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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' t2 A* W4 d% U3 }( ]/ y6 BThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 P/ V7 C* Q, f' \* c9 Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# Y. N8 B0 ^1 S9 }0 J) \9 T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 [2 Z8 i8 D! {1 G& o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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3 _& r W' F! R9 \" F* K6 ]In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 P& l/ A- ]6 _% |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 W5 r9 I% P; U
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ f. ^7 l7 e; Q' X- b- nben 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: D3 s1 Q; v F' J1 C- B' K$ U
disgrasful and it should go away.2 |/ z/ V5 V2 K" Q; W1 K
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 Z. y9 c+ j/ y6 y8 v% CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; F4 D4 C7 Q+ `9 F* W" t6 j; Lafter 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- U8 O+ _ B; C( A" o2 z p3 g
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." G1 m9 B4 w& E }% a+ A
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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