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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# e2 _5 B' n- N% Z% P' a* K6 d
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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% H% K& r4 W. G* l9 f% [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
) ? O2 a% ^* {* \1 M; q$ t6 A1 Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 E2 i( j% A4 W6 K. Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 A1 i! L; g2 @* U8 K( v7 eIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# D) Q2 A' }, A7 J* u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up p9 A* m6 H, o$ C3 w. \! j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 s( X; H, g- U' ^5 _5 m' x4 m
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^9 k# U. ?* S; r" mThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- w( \" C" s& ^( S/ E4 Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* V, F6 B& k9 O8 m. M
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. S; @! Q ^/ |+ u1 l5 Q6 }6 HIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% R/ m3 Y- ^' H: e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. b) R9 Y4 ?1 F% O- `1 D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 T( O1 g" g0 }0 e2 R+ g4 R
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ N& |7 K8 F6 q( ?/ s/ I7 uAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% G& x( j- M/ s
disgrasful and it should go away.- w1 i4 K( Z$ E3 d/ k7 R
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 h; B) ~$ a7 o2 Q, o; r# E
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; [) q$ ?+ C5 ?3 p a% nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 X* m8 z, U% J- s) Y$ |0 L
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" ^2 ^3 S: e' y0 p- ]0 b# V3 K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 J( [9 `8 s# \, S/ z# kUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- }+ n$ g; ]$ e7 x* ^
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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