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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* c8 K+ {; p8 Y1 ]" Y3 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- p, S0 H {" ^* R+ d
the other possibility." P6 @9 }' @# I; P I- t
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" A8 s7 `: u8 w0 C W
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" d* O, D9 @/ L. rplan 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" \- F2 _8 w3 j" J" l7 y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: o; U% t `: q' q9 Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" G: A2 j! ~0 X/ p0 y* c
fotograf 20% shorter.( Z' V5 M+ X) `$ g) M h& u. E
' }. N2 @, F) C3 NIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ j* F' F3 l8 ]4 A
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 P* I! R! u- |4 F: x, }4 g% s
1 k: \9 E k' x4 f0 e1 r9 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 S4 C+ t/ g# K+ j; g2 w5 }
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 n) [; M. J& R! B
& V( b1 m% \- k' B6 yAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- P7 ?, C% a, ~# `; N# h
disgrasful and it should go away.& H8 u0 T) d9 R" p& J! M# i$ `
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 k; j$ Z! f% V# D5 cDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& f0 o- D: K8 q9 ~5 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' i* u3 ?: s8 U6 e, l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% f2 x+ I W5 h; F* o- m- ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ {, M5 N% J4 P/ w1 ?% gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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