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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 m, B. G5 W8 j- x) `; p
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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: z! Q" I9 c( l! ?2 l/ {+ qAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 G) J. n% R( {% Rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ g- D- z: `) Y. w
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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9 G/ `& ?8 w- sIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; ~5 y4 M$ ^* y+ ]9 W4 h
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
G% a. |: W) R6 K# ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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- e a% e7 \ uThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the* o$ \ B" x: `3 `
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 A, l: K9 A. e+ o5 S/ Afotograf 20% shorter.( F& B, Y7 _' Q) h j+ T4 F5 |. n
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
E0 o7 F" d/ Z7 c) D( areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. e9 ~- Y, H; BGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; ?% f& [, K4 V) J
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 V9 v7 e. n. G; G" D) Q2 |
/ }5 o" c' Z2 Q- E& G) GAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- C/ S2 o% D" J# j3 T# Idisgrasful and it should go away.) |, |( g- R# E1 Y( r; R
; @ p7 y2 ?0 L( k+ k0 H9 m' WBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
8 _: r( G4 V$ f9 n3 [7 B z"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- n/ |& a9 Z1 X7 D/ pafter 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 P) H4 ` F7 A; w3 Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 ~8 D: i. e) d3 E
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& a$ n( P2 J) |+ AIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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