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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) G. f/ r0 Z8 M3 b
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" D# H( h" G l, z3 x8 s
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! K/ F2 [- s/ p: Y5 q1 U( A
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 ~" g$ E# _ l
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/ f& e% C6 m4 r
the sivil servants jump with joy.- U/ L+ ]6 v) z2 f4 c
3 j/ t6 T5 Z9 k x1 F# oThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' h6 k0 W' Z& c2 ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 S6 M! s5 B- w3 n5 S; b7 l0 ]
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' M5 Y8 N6 {" hThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% F8 O( s( u' F. `+ Q! k9 htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 Z/ J' x- }; r) Kfotograf 20% shorter.( X ^3 H; i J7 g
) M8 Z0 T* {& ^& z+ ]' JIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# l5 E/ v& D' f- p
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ Z% ]& X' L. E+ W
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& G. q/ K, G* }1 c
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 is5 ^" o% J0 A) O
disgrasful and it should go away./ i/ @/ f+ [6 f# f
+ y3 _" p. C4 G9 g% y4 C; M' oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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/ P$ B2 b" T" bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
7 f8 |0 \5 [5 Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 r# \1 V5 E8 B9 e& k9 T& A* lZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
Q* x' [4 d' B4 l1 Aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! W. R3 e; w( W2 L
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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