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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& V# u) `, M4 z' |) {8 T4 hbe 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
+ G3 l& k% i1 z7 b! @$ [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: p0 T4 o2 e7 t1 D) ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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# v( |4 a! }$ I0 V3 ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% d, W% `# i- v+ A e
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, u# P4 W* P3 ]; S% b+ A( L
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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1 q! F, j, T" |There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) y0 ~$ C8 J- s X$ `, B
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- }% x$ ^2 f* E, e" J8 [$ h k4 Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 _* A t0 ?0 |1 F0 ~% J0 Q( zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ @ _3 O2 r: YGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: G# @' Z9 {1 i! A7 ~3 R+ U/ v. `
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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?$ c6 S9 Q" y. N K# LAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, K9 Q. r; Y; u0 p4 r: d: |disgrasful and it should go away.
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By 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"and3 _# P+ o' M( O8 v+ K
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% `0 ^- I7 Q6 {5 J, u* ^! }- EZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ ^9 d; j5 T$ S9 r: M( ^2 S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 ~7 v" h$ R! y* KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: j1 }# c, L# r# A, FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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