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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will q0 B. _- Z! ?" f
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 O/ O5 N& j) W# S$ k
the other possibility.3 }, p% c( G% V+ ]9 p+ \. ]
5 S5 }& m7 K( t8 f" FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! x' o' ^, T% }$ p8 Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 y; O1 E% v! ?plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., b2 b. D! H+ z+ k' l$ O" m1 v* R
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. \# A8 u% v* X) E
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 }7 [# S. c+ t* A
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 h4 t7 J! B# [- _, s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ V) D: D- N% O8 \2 O( _
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$ h( ^ G* v: u* A$ H2 I. X5 XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; w* v, ` {, U* {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- ]( V5 g. t& @' c
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. P! A: B0 o2 s2 }. C
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" R6 \2 r' h: jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is2 Z" ~! o& |: ^; n! _$ k! G
disgrasful and it should go away./ c9 Z7 E# Z! W. j ]3 u
3 X+ W& u0 l u) T' p8 c; UBy 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"and- y% \9 U, {+ [- O1 J. R6 B
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- [% I' u% i% G
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 ~# z- R6 Q% s; h( v; @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' K& ]# g9 ?+ L+ CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: U C5 g9 x0 n
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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