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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% y$ T7 r! j. t+ H, x2 T6 y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ j, z" k4 m. a' d# _1 D
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 \$ @ `) A# {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 J( Q0 N8 P: m2 H$ }( U
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 X6 \+ T1 ` J$ N; q0 ethe sivil servants jump with joy.( c; O+ s0 s9 P# s) U
* L( y' e. Y* [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 {: h' F$ |: f2 C! Y! b8 }! Y9 G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 }3 T5 {9 ~5 J8 [" j3 Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- i/ d+ Q5 q, C$ T- M
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: Z" ~5 s' q) t0 ]- Xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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: a* B4 R2 O2 z% O+ z4 DGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) A& g2 U; |3 v. B6 g
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& B9 ?- {% s6 b& n5 Z
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 F1 h: y R* J
disgrasful and it should go away.4 B2 ] n2 s2 W% ?- I$ b4 ]: W! q* K
- `5 U( D% z4 @% o5 x- D* Q WBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# T* l2 ?& W) G( V* U- p
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 q0 i$ o4 | K2 Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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% w# v' I& m# i; @Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ t1 _1 c8 @- O0 Z! F3 ~understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.0 g% |3 w! K8 S2 j; p9 z0 a$ Q- I7 E
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ {2 ?2 O6 K2 `, D! b4 w+ h7 B
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I+ T' \3 |5 f3 I8 VIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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