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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 C, z+ E5 i. `1 G; R. Y( s; n" X
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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: w4 o1 m4 k/ |: S) R! UAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 K$ k7 x( D; C, A( _
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in# b4 \5 w ~) z# A3 P& c A
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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8 \1 X. T. ^1 j) O' d( xIn 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
! F9 o$ H: i! r' ~ R/ qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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. f: Z' W6 ?9 q9 e8 y0 B; }There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 V* p; h0 G8 a' ?* m* w2 c3 ^. t
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
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) C9 V3 y6 ^3 ?* j" oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# j. l1 o2 o7 E: Z* w* d3 R) V
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 n7 A6 R" V5 k% W2 u
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# M2 K2 e- a" y' a" p; L
disgrasful and it should go away., o. T1 K4 R5 O( r$ `; a1 b
: M: N) _7 T2 r1 F6 T: m% T4 WBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( i2 b- k0 Z" H2 N! v; ?
"z" and "w" with "v".
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# U7 h N5 L% ]4 U! GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ Y y: w7 o; Y4 `1 I* j
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
) [1 I* ~1 N* \ {understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" J% W( ]% d, d! r% M( KUnd 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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