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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 X( u5 m8 d; D1 x4 W4 `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* q. p5 ~6 k- M. G; \( w! ?
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 r% G$ B3 F3 G2 I0 b" O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
v2 D; m+ |8 k+ X& B& W8 l: \plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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+ Y' c/ a n W0 m$ V3 PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- b2 f% T0 y2 U! c
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# C& O* k) U# w5 O3 M/ L5 EThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 ?+ W8 `$ D! U7 x; T. q" Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
4 e4 V% }$ {4 W6 b& g: ]" ffotograf 20% shorter.
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! t/ D; j6 c. f5 ^* t) X7 u) u( gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 R7 u- E6 O A; @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) M8 d$ m/ j1 x7 N2 Z; L9 _ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 E' y/ q3 V% w
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* N: \$ H& A ]2 {* n% L2 A" U
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 L% }4 r5 k, [, F9 U @4 A! mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 H2 p/ Z- g+ c9 \$ S/ JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# W0 u7 y4 Q3 G- ~- |8 gafter 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 tu8 H* @* Z; z g! z) X" s; {
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! h' d: k9 I; {' S' QUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, s8 j' y/ `$ t8 E
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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