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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' e- t' E4 z+ ]0 t- P% J% n
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+ n, X* `. S# F* _# |; E, G2 s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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6 j1 R7 K8 ~7 W# \# s/ R6 {8 G% P# ^In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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) ~. e/ i) E5 @) ?7 I6 uThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' W# f) o- \# J! p; m% P7 Rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( ?4 ^- f1 h$ M9 E8 }) l+ g* jThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ t4 ?" T; V @/ M' l2 u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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' J; E% h$ v& tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 b$ p7 i4 I0 W( }6 g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 S" w. S( f: {' e% G1 LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 M* q1 t3 O" V" \1 P8 u
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: R* t0 A7 j5 n$ x2 iBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! w% |2 \4 l8 g- {, D$ D
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; C2 J" ~: Y6 G8 V
after 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- j G- ]" _6 v( x3 Y: R
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.4 L5 x4 {( W+ a+ V" Y5 W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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/ k' A e3 o, {6 b4 @: ^7 w, ^If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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