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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) ~- B' c. n' p0 J# x
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& d3 Q$ h/ V# Q: K% j) p2 @& q
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& }: L4 Z" W6 ~ m6 F, A' k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! ]1 @6 @7 e3 {+ l5 qplan 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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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ Z+ `8 A& u( F5 j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.0 g0 E* J+ o# E
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" [7 h: q5 ~' X' j$ F0 gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ o G; o% w/ |6 n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ Q4 w7 F) L+ X9 F$ J* d9 \
fotograf 20% shorter.+ Q; m9 h- I, {( m b
2 `' i8 A! P7 ?: L% N. gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* l x1 k+ R3 `
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 c3 o: v/ A4 F1 X, g+ l
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% o9 e6 d5 n1 J$ S
ben 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 I5 F# [' r% x; G: o
disgrasful and it should go away. V/ @$ M- _* F1 A, }
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' j2 M- |- o1 j2 g0 f% W
"z" and "w" with "v".* K' H. g" Z# @) y6 |+ d4 o
; i2 G! J- @8 I' y5 J" J# d! g- JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
7 `5 R9 t+ V4 F, R0 m; R; c, Bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ a: Y9 d+ i9 YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; y. ~9 T9 F8 N0 \/ I0 [/ B. H0 \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* O3 d j( I$ {' wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 r9 s4 o# w4 B0 ^. O
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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