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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 ]' T+ f$ a! T2 o3 Y0 Ube the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( E9 b A* n$ S5 Q' Xthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 Y8 `4 _. G, F% T `7 t6 i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* r6 I1 Y8 I+ h: C/ T
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 ~3 P0 Z3 ?6 G1 Q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& K4 z3 a* ^. ]" m- Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' B0 Y" y; T& m# ]/ _9 ^konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- u. \1 R, ~! h4 U7 k; U$ Y4 g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 b, ~3 P& M0 m# e6 ?fotograf 20% shorter.
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6 z" P7 a. ?) {% |In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# v; |- G8 R' O( h6 M* hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- J# _. X8 ^. f& d( T# b
, }( B2 p5 m2 q5 N$ I1 U" uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, r/ ]7 ^% B* Z/ L4 b5 @ben a deterent to akurate speling.& X2 j4 t: I( G% O
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 y! G% M/ J; N- [( n' K: b( x
disgrasful and it should go away.4 M+ }- B# _7 j: o0 Z$ o
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' v4 W& Z4 C+ w" y* A0 o x3 mafter 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
$ m! Q) d( x# H4 a x% f$ u g4 runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 z7 T$ F( Z1 @2 I% m7 ^6 S2 ]: TUnd 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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