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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
$ w3 p- M0 t5 @4 `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* G" g& \+ x2 p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
6 A L0 a2 p& B6 [- bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) n0 r k$ y( y' qIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( T9 s$ }" z# f4 p
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 @& U- j1 r, {7 I1 [) {4 t
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% ?& g/ I1 d+ ?2 H @/ Vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 S5 j6 A4 [6 k( {0 j4 k4 l& C& sThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 p- K' W! S* P) c& Q' ]/ M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" @" Z9 h5 I3 A1 X8 a8 u# {( a6 xfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ O2 E* W& d- Z* creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 ?6 y4 l a, Y- i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.* L) ^- Y* _& k. D& B8 a9 L2 t
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is Y9 t E/ e4 x2 D0 `! h7 z: r
disgrasful and it should go away.( m5 \; X5 e0 e, R X" P
. F: @7 s% Z( _6 n8 M6 S; M& h5 eBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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% B) j c n& q9 e8 S8 SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& t' _2 N, K* ]) }3 R5 d
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* Y' P0 ]( f- G9 r6 D/ C, }3 P
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ b- v8 F" L; N, u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 f/ |9 e# y3 f9 F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 q; F" L" z/ ~& R7 hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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