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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! X6 w/ d% w; f9 Q) c& B+ T+ Obe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; T) S W; o1 S$ t6 ^
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, |; G* @8 I# A) ^! Y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" I' E3 K& m" ~0 L# u7 k
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' x% e/ r4 \. `/ F" t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) w! V% \, Y' o3 YThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
M; E& U4 N6 k O' ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! k' i; Q2 v' V2 C! e/ Z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 j8 {4 S: d% `, [" U7 Z2 n* @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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+ z) n/ I' V. J* h* c# oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 R& m2 T. l1 treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ D3 U+ [$ o \% j
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& \9 ]/ M/ T7 F& A. V
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 Y; ]% M0 a e7 p! ^, e1 W2 e
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, q6 w1 Q+ X6 O. u& x$ W
disgrasful and it should go away.5 H" u1 y- j, w$ t
' x4 M; ?# s s7 nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% h. k8 A4 G2 a1 u( J
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ n8 E- G0 ], g/ w- C4 eafter 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# d+ P9 ?; E- j* {9 U0 Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
G5 q4 b$ N0 ]Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& G4 G4 j- W4 ]3 x& C# Y# T
forst plas.
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. W; w/ l' m" H/ |( I6 M' n) YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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