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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: l* i5 D0 Q& h8 S2 O3 a# \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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/ A" n* N+ _( ^ B0 g4 X7 \% n8 GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; n8 I, b) ^0 O9 \+ _4 A' L" yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 H0 m9 A' {6 r7 _7 R7 d( Q, Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ C( d7 I5 T% n- c
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 q0 o; f" g2 ?3 y. n4 s! a
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The 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
0 u: o2 C" W) [+ i) F# Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 S- Q2 o& D, G( G0 z0 p$ {fotograf 20% shorter.
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! _- t1 U- P- `In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 {. G0 P0 g J) J. Oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- Q' M* I2 f" d0 Z- H
3 I. J8 I) ~# C# E) u1 tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- L/ B( T4 m4 F d) k
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; G ]# g, Z' ~7 }$ Y) y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 y4 L7 Q6 E+ z. N- y" D, Edisgrasful and it should go away.* j7 f |: P- {' G6 m [( O
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; [4 m( x; `9 [& r% F: ~
"z" and "w" with "v".( N H8 a1 {+ ^1 W, @3 a
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 Z0 ^( @1 u% t; ^1 Y7 P m- rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 u3 S2 @: f6 B9 x7 Lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" g0 u6 K; D4 Y& F$ I% R$ eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 R# P1 d O3 j0 H+ \$ i
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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