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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: L5 u- [5 G; ?2 m: n% s/ @
be 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! A V' p/ o# c. f4 W
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! ^3 F# M+ X# U
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
0 L1 |5 a% a! T8 j5 x7 B+ Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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3 ?' U8 U* s& n% H$ |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* U$ C3 ?. J5 D: L% z+ \ M) xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 B* \& }5 ?- S* ZThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& o0 q. {. C3 x1 T+ g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# N6 _7 b! R- K& K$ H0 |5 S
fotograf 20% shorter.
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) v P1 u* z0 Y' J+ l! r% I, OIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ [1 f" X; x1 I! H- ]$ R
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 T3 i+ g$ ?' j! x
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always j, b5 L @8 E/ @0 T) ?
ben a deterent to akurate speling.# ^2 x9 i( f. j+ @+ N+ m) u
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 I& n2 ?. r" C$ V. c+ t. [
disgrasful and it should go away." O9 T# K6 C! N; M% ^/ t
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, N5 D% b7 L6 Z! n& D! }
"z" and "w" with "v".2 Y+ |! H- N; r% y: H
9 h8 U! Y+ y4 P4 JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 l9 ?" r. w/ g6 Fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( f4 K; _4 H [7 iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ C- y3 F# N! I3 d7 W
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ m2 w2 f1 a9 p! V5 f; P) A/ wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( k& B7 q/ H6 S( l
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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