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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ D8 j$ h6 I; i% Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
" ^! `8 y: \8 j, Y& uthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- m4 e2 O! n- e1 f* t! Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) z$ A4 e3 _ F: E2 Y. x8 aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 j# a/ E+ W3 B# K* t: j, Athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 r; v2 @( ~5 e* X& e( R0 p, W2 QThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up X; ^* J9 a$ V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 f# h& s& F3 Y' w
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 I ~2 Q+ J' \8 [" q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* N, O- h6 }& a. @
fotograf 20% shorter.
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. W6 C4 Y+ h' J# p2 P4 r1 m- hIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" F9 \* T! G0 z& G+ C( Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ b5 D$ k: Z3 u$ I9 q
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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& c! p- g- S, _1 F( S B m5 G: [By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 S3 D, M; Y4 ^9 n
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 ^% k4 s0 E/ H% R
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& J. q3 K; U {" H( T
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
i1 k8 f, ]* b; g2 ]# y2 ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: z" c1 f! |8 Y5 t D7 H, K4 cUnd 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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