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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- ], I' O8 e Q$ N* `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
% `5 ?" r: @/ D7 w* _4 hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% C: M5 {) N! Y6 \ j& G2 w- X# F. w9 pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". B% z: i8 [$ ]* o: b
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ m4 W, b0 T r$ Q, Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# ~7 D9 z( k* M" ~. h3 zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% l2 P5 |4 @( a2 d% n1 X# m
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- e8 P/ ~' [ N n f
fotograf 20% shorter.
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" ] Q, u0 |& X8 P& KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& J- z8 F. S5 e9 A9 c9 ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
{4 c. n& _: ydisgrasful and it should go away.4 E+ A, `$ S0 g4 B6 V0 W& G
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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"and7 V) \" i& _$ j+ I4 p" f
after 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 v! H$ E. r* N9 p; [# q4 d
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 |% s+ A9 w" z @Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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4 u9 g' C2 l9 b4 wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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