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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 B% f; S* J/ v6 F; A) o `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was [" g; Y% X+ |% Q, T; Q! q
the other possibility.# w: k& G* I& w( x7 B- R3 B
8 }/ j# P* C% a. l. k! \+ n. CAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 e0 f+ B. ^% e: N* Q' aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% t# _0 c( a9 g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." y# j% `. H ^0 g0 B3 p( P: h
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 i4 n2 T- L$ o+ }# V& P: J5 X9 D
the sivil servants jump with joy.6 n( `5 c5 A* M
# R: }% H3 G4 i9 iThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 Z2 r# }1 d% ]1 Z6 htroublesome "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 to3 q! ^+ \! r0 A+ \5 Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 D0 U. s: u6 H# ?6 `
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 Q4 s1 J( I/ _& p& O
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ S: d% u0 m1 |( G; B$ @6 kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 i* s# n# y7 |2 a& L
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% g" {# a1 @. h. q! a& E- ~; s3 T5 oBy 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) {/ F' k# `4 F4 h+ @+ m
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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1 I5 m( _8 o' j& Y8 x1 bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ P* ]0 {: L9 x: p gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 a7 c; Z7 Z" {: O2 S3 CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 j: A1 F4 X3 s2 W" W: oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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