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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( I9 ?/ r$ C( o" q; Mbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( C2 N4 L J i7 ^0 x. {: Mthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 r% I2 v) X/ u- M; V6 A/ aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ D/ |! w$ F- `. h* ^' ~& ]: _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; ^. U1 b: r0 A. _' t5 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# W% l' k; b' K) X# Q5 O
the sivil servants jump with joy., Q9 F/ H4 G! I/ B: H. S
; p7 I( |7 z" E5 [5 ?; @The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, q( J3 i b! m: {# zkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., S. F, ~. ]/ z6 m4 A B8 r' ]6 L
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9 h# u) U$ ?* t! q' G' D7 Y. RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the l0 c, V6 }" o
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; Y! i! C. L/ J# {8 c: Z1 ~2 N3 {. L
fotograf 20% shorter.3 ^2 B" G0 |' q9 T5 t& {- i+ [
! \. `4 h! j' f" z& Q5 a, B. z- DIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* m2 L& e7 c* u# K2 R8 {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' y1 l9 k4 ~1 r
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) c# M7 V* _3 v* w: ]5 U) n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 e6 ]0 j9 W& p; o+ X( _+ X
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' o" }( x0 q, F1 D; [' S# E( f
"z" and "w" with "v".3 y/ I ^- i, L! f, r) X
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& M: e" B1 Z) S* M# g9 H: vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." D4 z r: _+ w+ Z5 s/ x" V, U
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 N- {1 r, y/ b
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: w$ D" L" {: C2 q3 x- q8 Y9 g9 yUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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. `" {7 C! c7 o1 }; x( e! qIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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