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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
6 U# R3 W, P5 @7 u# U Dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' e m% A1 G' c S" s/ x$ {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* [- J z' y8 }
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* h( {% v, F, Y
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
% @- P+ T: Q& E3 f9 dthe sivil servants jump with joy., g2 {- f0 u3 W4 s, |. F
- _3 P5 \ S5 Q3 {( y: D$ qThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 [/ E3 I* y! D: pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& r9 f: T" ^* G" C" H
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 ]5 ^0 G1 v$ u" R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 f, O) U- i! W3 u
fotograf 20% shorter.
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, X7 x. A' z) [0 x7 }In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; P) G, t6 ~0 E+ `3 H' E) g$ J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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2 T5 l' Y6 \& t, f4 v, |7 \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 a) g) D# M% x; P2 a( F( G
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- R& @* u+ O+ P
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 F7 V" ~6 i/ s$ q5 I# `disgrasful and it should go away.1 o' O# f% C; D) p g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 l& K" g7 X+ N1 f& A' R"z" and "w" with "v".$ g# o, A8 c7 |
, R) J. z B( q8 p4 gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; m, ?8 @: h: k S
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. A0 j; a% \+ t6 P
. O8 l `2 G1 }: ]" R( L# LZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% p$ N+ j( U" ~- I+ M1 I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& n+ m! Z+ K* I% h1 lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) j* W' E5 |8 s
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+ ]. I1 ~1 L6 M5 P& zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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