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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. ~5 }) ^& N7 u9 S3 B1 G
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- p; d; w1 v; O+ U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 t7 P- L1 J* Q! P$ H3 {+ C
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
! M+ u9 F! |# |- V% }the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
5 P g% ~* p1 }% x: B& ]4 Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' Z4 ? b% J$ U' k1 k( iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 Z$ q; t [& O. @9 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 g5 n2 X) \ _0 R. w
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 O# u; i' ^# B2 l) k4 b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." g9 g. Q6 J% g- E" B
% w' W2 i& O+ ]" B& ~Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ y( m4 j2 N) H6 g# j2 k' ~4 w3 Wben a deterent to akurate speling.4 @% Y" x/ |. K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- T* V# t5 Y& t" T2 h7 Fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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8 c) d/ r( d4 e3 ?5 E# N! }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 f6 [ L. f4 l% d: bafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: q- d1 ?6 W2 g+ i7 pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- G: ]. }/ W9 U8 ~. b! |, eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# a1 Y3 w# C0 |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ x% q/ j+ r8 R( H0 Z) NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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