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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
V" C, [4 q6 X6 |$ d0 [be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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; p1 W; M- A; T. i% }) O% O4 a: a, bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ Q% t; X' ?3 G; Z% `7 P( g
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 H% v {% ]7 c0 w+ S# R1 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 e5 j7 |2 d& @0 v" `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 l8 J9 Y8 d( v5 G8 E. O; n
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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% Y, c' |. e' ~% W7 aThe 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 the1 ~1 {8 _( ~ g& x& i8 x! x
troublesome "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; i' }% V. x$ q8 E3 Z e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: w9 b9 i. \% z/ U
. M6 c ]) _( Q2 D9 W: A7 [! jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# e6 E; V* k8 xben 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+ ~; c% L' D8 f
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 ^# K' r: I; i/ i* L: ]8 ], i$ IBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 k2 z- W D: e; W3 t/ ?- j
"z" and "w" with "v".! j8 Z4 B T9 `
: r, C4 ~1 y: r3 i+ T2 |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& Q/ ^& `% g0 Dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ v: X2 [, u9 \: L; ^
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; {6 o+ p, C& m& H' L) I" w8 [understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 Z" e# b$ G2 @Und 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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