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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
I$ Z {* W6 A2 d* v- ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 G7 O; I8 R* x7 N- U) e: F5 ~; e; t
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# o" e' t' T% N3 Wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ q. f5 c* E/ ]8 Z( N- k; |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 _1 s& n! w! x4 B) N' E0 l1 _; [( k
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& W d. z5 [8 d! k) G
the sivil servants jump with joy.) j; z2 v" ]$ |/ p
8 g/ }2 B2 o4 x1 e% z, g% y' uThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* Q; L) P" D5 j0 V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: e7 a' D9 E5 e4 Q! v* N1 t
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: M8 u( \, q: y, g: J9 qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 E& [! _: K9 ktroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 C. z" e% L) O# ~9 o- ?& w
fotograf 20% shorter.
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2 t! ^- i3 ?1 \# w3 h NIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 T6 S' J# b n% R8 t7 I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 _4 {" ~! h: |+ O) N5 e! c% O! g. t
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% J9 O) |* N2 |3 w5 C
" |* Z5 D7 D0 u; FAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 B) }" E6 f' [/ e, l
disgrasful and it should go away.
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j9 t k# K2 t$ l1 JBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ c& j6 f: p; b& @0 H' Q$ b& dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 c4 @, f, V' ]7 @7 X) O1 {/ ]) oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: m) m. c' \1 tZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 v9 ?& u# V# `3 r9 J' E
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." r1 R$ K* V) ?" N4 {
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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