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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" j8 B, o: A9 k( d' C9 d
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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8 X2 Q8 L1 n8 e6 N5 oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English# K# ^- p8 n: I c
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 I7 i6 I+ Z% T' L5 w7 z) j
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
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! N" o" n) s2 R8 [5 h N5 N3 R( [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 s) `" P: G. M. X$ Z
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3 K0 l- A3 c4 N" V) VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, H3 a0 @6 }, o [' N
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ ?& |. L# C. ~; z5 \# f: t3 u
fotograf 20% shorter.! J7 J& ]1 |: _" X! x4 q
; G( \4 j: ^* I. C w" ?' sIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 A2 n. ]: s% ]2 T" J. C9 w# ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ h! C3 K5 U3 `; e1 R5 U
disgrasful and it should go away.
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2 x2 ~. ?: [- e/ ?1 X/ k3 EBy 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" L* w5 `( `1 ]! L- N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 r8 D6 q) t/ q0 t# m' L: D' ?
2 ~! j6 f3 m3 _3 S; KZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 f8 i2 P) |9 Q6 K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- O4 |. P1 o5 ~( XUnd 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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