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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 }4 B" j7 A2 ]" Y' J! K V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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! v9 J! h$ s9 s1 ?6 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: Z1 h+ u) g; i' u' x$ i2 D9 v: Y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: f# c, D8 `+ d! B+ a1 M7 U& Xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% Y/ O5 m3 S, P3 Z: H/ ~# Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.9 s% ~: {4 c% r+ ^4 R% k( }
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; `! o5 P3 C& w6 okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ y9 R1 {2 k, @9 u* Q1 }% jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! t) p k; a1 z6 y o7 F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 X3 F0 k9 `6 U7 l# V; R/ P0 }9 Gfotograf 20% shorter.7 ?: ]6 C; z* R
: U( B9 _4 N8 W) ]! aIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to b" J8 @$ g# P) l
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., o$ I' O U, ~: [. {% N E+ f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
% Y4 R# e$ Q3 [5 W% h( s4 {! { dben 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
9 g! y& t- D+ ^disgrasful and it should go away.. k6 |9 h* P) a& W5 n( k
1 |/ u4 O7 H+ O; {" q3 P U' LBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 X9 L& }7 J3 Y) _
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: V: O& B' t8 X S# Y. M4 O; ?9 jafter 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 tu8 G0 q4 G- W; y% o
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., q) {& B% \: H3 B: u
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ C2 ?- C& V/ Y" | F( v) [) L
forst plas.
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3 Y2 N; ~/ } pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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