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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. L& ^, [1 ]& Y$ h
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
2 c0 W. |: U5 v- j5 lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in5 P: X5 Y4 ]8 s# s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- z% K; e( M8 Z. `4 a8 e: @
4 A5 F5 i8 d" `# g9 eIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 N. ]$ _7 \* S" l% ?& J& A
the sivil servants jump with joy.* ]4 d6 ]$ v* f' ?: V8 [
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% ]6 {5 c* h' W7 P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) U5 F% r1 ?% O( n' b2 F, s7 r, f) r
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4 U* h# V- Y* x# Q9 \There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: Z: S) f9 K$ P3 Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- }: y$ a4 O( g% f
fotograf 20% shorter.
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( J' x1 N3 Z7 Z$ g: _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" z, o6 O) D5 g5 U! B1 s" L) t3 [
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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3 }) B. s1 l$ bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) K. R% x. F5 Kben a deterent to akurate speling. ^4 A1 N: y, _4 M) p# ^
$ _6 C! L% K8 F1 ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' o) e& N4 u0 t. j9 p
disgrasful 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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! Q9 ? V; T7 v h' ~; ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 T* M7 c2 w- Q# Y' w
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
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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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