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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; K' P6 p3 W; F& D! O/ m* M
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was1 y' n/ Z1 B0 E* \2 W
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; I8 j' z( [" V6 eAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; t( n7 w+ { Y0 z2 [1 `+ y: j4 P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ ~) z: D$ S' h' N9 N; S
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* W/ ?$ P# l+ a" M3 Q$ v. P
4 u v( }- J* b1 ?! f0 UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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& g" q0 v. S! \The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 h4 X/ i3 p. P4 n* ~: Z4 x9 ~
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. [: p' f3 |+ _+ f$ `
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1 [2 e# A3 [& O3 U8 QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, X( `. L: z! x: btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: |$ P* S! ]: R8 [6 B y; ?1 {% Y( Ffotograf 20% shorter.2 B: M5 @) Y. ?2 L6 M
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ h s% |0 |+ Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 t% k; q& ]; Y$ O
ben 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
* ]/ Z I# x9 Z% G$ _disgrasful and it should go away.
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}' e$ ?( m9 s7 }By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# y( {3 Z; E2 o: \* F* `
"z" and "w" with "v".
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8 Q, _- ~! y3 m7 lDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 |5 n5 C7 R5 g- V, }, s O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% [6 [+ \" B: K" \1 v1 IZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" g- R! V/ z" }# b9 B/ z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 G( `. w: R k9 B! _. 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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