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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" J. O, F* h/ g# o, Y. ?2 d1 k
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* v( @. Y/ ?6 n) B8 Z2 P5 X* c
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* A+ D- A( {1 B y3 g2 vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' Z0 x8 x( \( |$ W3 K2 kplan 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" o7 i9 }- {: U& Y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& j5 i' p; i* t1 }* P$ `
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 \+ K# q$ d# u) ^, f$ ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 O9 Z& X4 ?' J& h
fotograf 20% shorter.; h! k& j7 J: ~2 J. r, j3 R/ k
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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 is( Z# c5 N ^0 _# K) R, T
disgrasful and it should go away.% ]) o+ X- |9 P9 T
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& ]# A: g# @$ R9 E: k& iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 G3 y) Q( E: X/ B/ a! Q1 I) q
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 tu( q0 z1 Y( J' V: j) |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" ^# p) j+ [! f( v. 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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