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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! k% ]+ Z# g- g. E/ }" Gbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: a H* ~/ S- ]& h
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4 ?/ ?9 r. L& E! X1 x/ `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; W( S& D- j+ h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, \: }+ e# h& ~4 hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! m! I2 s3 k+ c- v& nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: ~" K+ s8 w) X6 ?the sivil servants jump with joy. d0 @# C0 t3 R
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( |# G) F' ~* t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 P4 u0 t/ a) d6 y" T
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6 O( u4 s6 q2 _6 W1 T# q# PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 P$ p1 a+ `$ a1 e% U8 W. atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
; H! }% a% ]- L0 d) N/ Wfotograf 20% shorter.0 H* J8 k$ }' R1 N, \/ c
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) s4 l- e1 l7 k0 P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ H) Q+ u5 K! T: nGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 T) o. M4 o- ]# e
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 |9 s9 x7 |$ l: G0 l
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ j d$ b. r8 C" R" Cdisgrasful and it should go away./ S' d7 l+ A4 M+ c3 k
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with ]) ] W, C9 q( _/ a+ ^
"z" and "w" with "v".! z. O8 N! S; Y- K! w+ I
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# O5 c9 K8 v, F9 @ _after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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2 Z2 J5 C- I# H z; e" w3 KZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. u6 U0 `( l% `
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* g& S& k4 l6 m, f2 N* ^! e7 S+ MUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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2 q) C. C: L# W/ F0 A4 {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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