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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; W$ l; `( U" }: C5 ~: 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
: Z1 |- \2 U2 Y4 l& Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 v" H3 ^' @2 M( N7 N4 Z1 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- g* j! k$ o, l" y; V, Z& F; j
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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. B- {) v8 g: M3 {! t8 O$ e, M$ IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) X, G8 E! ]# K5 Q3 okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 ~6 j- v* d& t2 s% T1 S
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- {* s* F; | a# e. Y: XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ Y) y/ M: B. g& wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 Q8 A( [, |6 U: J; xfotograf 20% shorter.
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( W( a$ ?3 f+ t& T1 J' P0 WIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 ^- L" A/ i. \) i p2 B: j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) J7 j: K+ L: U q4 ~& y9 ]% E% S
8 o7 I) G9 R% uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& G( z) }; h1 A# i" }
ben a deterent to akurate speling., e t5 p" u, t2 G6 f+ o7 s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ l4 s3 D( y" z ~- M8 ~disgrasful and it should go away.
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) k4 G: B: G9 z; wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with: r8 `# f) m6 e6 D
"z" and "w" with "v".1 H' l3 {9 M" Q" X; I$ [
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 O ] Z9 i4 M1 ~2 [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 u1 I$ N( }( m8 FZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 t. A+ w+ u# d& r. Y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ Q* v( Z# ?, ~( a2 c/ A z1 kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" k! {0 g8 a! OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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