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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 A6 V \; ?, X( ^, ~
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* U( d/ B' _4 l( t
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, ?( `3 c; i" R9 FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ z! e1 {* K x9 {" D6 yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% |. z# D5 M3 ] `3 ^$ F! y
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
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: m* L- T. W" I) M
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 |# ?! m" x+ S( y6 C
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C" |. M; x( a$ NThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. c' k* o% o- k! Z d4 e# F6 Itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 Y& ^; z8 O- Z9 x) gfotograf 20% shorter.
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' n U' H8 j0 S. ?$ p/ a! h& qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ Y9 t$ A* b" }3 `5 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% o, T1 u1 f. Y3 t- H7 N
V N8 m: K8 C ?0 e7 Y* k* F# \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 z2 \, ~- M8 J7 G! fben 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
4 i- X6 _* {+ M1 X' _4 }' ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 X* h0 L0 |' `- ]( R" F( \$ p
"z" and "w" with "v".; R! B+ C# `; M) l6 m% P$ h
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 x U' f2 f- |3 g' I8 Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ q/ M9 ]8 l8 \% D! f
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, z3 m$ L2 u3 X% ?! F6 Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. b" E" q5 y$ L. T+ B) f4 Q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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