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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& n8 e; n+ n6 `! h' i* ]
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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2 f5 D( ^& d2 U% {, |As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 m% U$ K& G l' P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) ~; V# Z7 Q+ T/ S. v. W
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".& ?) w- [3 K8 _* y/ S; X- v
s, I! l I( a3 c+ K E0 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; K. g9 e* d5 u) H5 u- u) z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. O2 d/ k+ T: l5 \4 x
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& g# ^$ b1 i; S$ ^( C' z( RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 e1 Q& q- @- P5 d. L; U gtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 P. F/ A& f2 k0 H9 J9 d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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1 g+ T( P3 r+ F7 GIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 N4 V( g2 Q( o8 ^/ Kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# p3 ~' I; N4 m' ? A; _: E9 `1 V. [
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& N- a5 j1 s% i3 Z$ ?
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ b% g! d% U2 x# i" ^+ p6 ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
6 o* L) s5 C- [# w" d"z" and "w" with "v".9 c& n. F9 n1 ~( x; F
9 i. T4 {0 ?# Z: B! K# k1 d# aDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 o" g9 M+ U/ x" N: [% ^' Cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) ]4 ]" o" O* f
* J' t# w2 O" S& G7 r8 {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ l/ _. o8 S; T) y+ G1 Y% m+ `0 |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 L+ S, s6 ?* T; \% P* K7 D
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
5 w% d/ Z+ C+ o. y: Lforst plas.
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( k' \& U+ \' ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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