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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: k- \; @3 ~7 ]7 {) Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ N; H: B) o& N& a* G N
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" Z+ q3 j$ K7 w R) F6 \8 H: C4 cAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. r7 e/ h% {: s3 ~
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! C O" {+ H9 J: {; A1 Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" N& Z) U) B. F
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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+ ` W, U8 k/ ]" kThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; o% O6 l: W* P9 w
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' Q; y- d0 O4 i4 ?$ oThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( K3 y, x L0 ctroublesome "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 to
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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 is6 J. Y& |, e1 F# x/ B- ]5 Y( `7 t
disgrasful and it should go away.- A9 X0 z& e& G7 R
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ |& x, s% a; p( ?3 q" C8 [1 T6 ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ d5 E u5 S) u0 }1 O; M, }: T. g
after 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 tu0 ^* g X8 A+ e& T* Q- |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 l3 o. [2 B5 L4 M B* p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. R* S( f. |! B7 {* T2 L' ~' K0 c5 v
forst plas.
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+ |! W& R% n! Q+ z3 J$ {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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