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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
8 d: N0 C b, r6 V& ^be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ I$ w# \! D' O1 O: Rthe other possibility.
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4 z1 R6 o* ~7 I1 ^0 i- m' qAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 @3 J8 L' T( n, B1 e1 kspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' T1 I- r; I) h: c8 J& cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 y- I$ i) H; Y, [4 U$ c
0 p! D8 | O! A8 ?" ^* lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, g# x: F3 B% o. a; E& i7 ?the sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 O- t, _% }0 L$ O' S$ UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; P6 |% p2 E* [; \4 o" r% G7 Qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 B8 F8 ~( M( k- B6 jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) R/ [0 l& e5 d! P+ z
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 h e- U2 c h8 L- C- dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ L6 F3 F2 Y- G* w5 Z5 H
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 @+ m, E7 E' p; X( `
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 is
0 V$ w- f. N9 Idisgrasful and it should go away.
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2 p! v' ]& F" i4 i# Y' k1 KBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) D# [9 W/ }1 v R& l4 c) l
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, `% M T5 [. C$ ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ c. z& } o1 j' r/ qafter 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 tu
6 ~0 N* T: N! ]1 }; ~ d ?$ S" wunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' E' H$ B* D3 J) n; tUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) n+ H( J/ j' w( v( Z; ~
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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