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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
. x; w p( o6 X- a4 _5 Q% ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 Q) L5 T d; |. a" T. N
the other possibility.9 _0 o$ e, r X5 H! a: j K) |& M+ E
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, f: u% x! z& ] ~ L. Z7 wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- P! `# |6 I: G3 E! G2 O1 C. pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% Y' x; I B2 E/ l) h* X- AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make' E) T2 x% g% l0 Z! J P0 _
the sivil servants jump with joy. l6 |( D8 J8 ?* u8 G& G5 S
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 K. N& s$ X" L3 j
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! ?& W p& a) {: V; C
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5 J! v$ Q" t( ^' LThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
) }1 `: P) |" itroublesome "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
; ~ o8 H O4 P ]: L+ dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." w' k5 W% m }5 v4 `. ?
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always C4 l, e' a5 ]+ K; w0 t; ^) F
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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0 c5 {) l1 X5 F ?2 XAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 e: y% L' v2 @7 G' i4 _
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 I4 l5 }* g& g l" p7 g5 k
"z" and "w" with "v".
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1 @: ? A, B: A+ t5 \. r' f% l% l3 g4 TDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
f# t& M5 p4 Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! {) r2 O" S3 `' O
7 x- Q+ C6 D8 E$ K M. E% S' ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 j6 b4 C; N8 K7 n, f. ^understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 l, N, V x% P- A" }: M& z2 a
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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