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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& a p9 `* H, P: ^' s; n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English x M/ ^8 i6 a1 |- H3 w3 q5 z) `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" Y; f- P" S" V, p Kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".2 @; Z+ J, L- V7 _# t, r
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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
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 i6 W1 ^7 X6 y, x0 h9 U" Y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 k5 N$ X9 L" I5 S6 _( B n
fotograf 20% shorter.
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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 always7 [2 ^6 ~+ ^' H' M; f- n7 s# K. t
ben a deterent to akurate speling.: _; v) v6 R# ^
j S: v4 t& G% g4 M9 nAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: M+ V P: W3 F6 w* y# ^# p
disgrasful and it should go away.2 q$ O, x! t+ j2 d
, w" U8 U) y+ f4 {; H/ oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& X; p! ]( A0 w" Y/ y) z+ p
"z" and "w" with "v".- L# v3 s2 z' ]3 {' j) N
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ F& t8 e; n' d5 }' [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ ^7 H, \/ X+ \( F
! k9 q O+ [1 {* P( _7 P6 S4 j5 HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% y) U# a: Y& ?; q f5 {% T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 F. ]: v; L3 z0 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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