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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! m% ^0 X% E& M# I/ R# F$ P, mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* X! l& I: I. j, k! j& r& s) i
the other possibility.
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# N2 n$ z/ w' g0 z7 OAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! a$ V: X; E! p& E6 z& K9 Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. |- |, p8 Y- b: R7 T' O1 aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 |" d* c5 P$ T- pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. w! r6 Y9 m% n* @ sthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. X I2 u: `2 m' M9 y6 e$ j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( {3 S3 E |$ |) B C& W0 y1 v3 f. AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; f1 a0 e/ f7 | Rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
F9 t U$ E$ ~9 M1 t; n% ~reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 _$ k7 I) w7 i5 Y
ben 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+ X5 r8 Q) b8 w' B& j4 w: H
disgrasful and it should go away.% @8 V# i* s* k0 g7 L" A$ C
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- h9 i: f) d7 ~7 C( t+ Lafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! V1 {/ T: h; ]" G
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 q. Y, ]( M( \3 ~8 r" T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
. o1 h8 M: z; X& p9 IUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# v% D5 _$ s$ L" ^3 o8 w2 P1 c) BIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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