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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 a1 `% M$ N! v a0 x3 o6 c. h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, z# }# h0 W b+ X
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' O, t/ g3 z( N9 C2 sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 D5 L# [! D- m2 W1 A* _) [( b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 w/ X7 E `; s. C; Z8 R0 J
$ w0 @5 y" Q/ V. \! U8 \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 d& `7 R' e3 Q% e# v
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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; |+ x7 {/ w( `& b" GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 g( m) N1 }8 d& q" l( j5 xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# x& [ p9 d; l/ z* a5 G* w T
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& R B6 c8 `, C4 [6 G5 ?1 s4 ]7 GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: Z. L0 x, U2 J) a7 R L+ Atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 ^1 |0 v! z3 ~, m2 B4 q: ]
fotograf 20% shorter.6 K% j$ _- }# p, B) F" W2 g
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) k6 U& |& h0 b5 C4 k: B preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( R+ D3 ?' R( C: F3 y. T: f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 n0 m# J. X$ G( G
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 is
3 `6 l) a7 T8 ]6 {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
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, Q2 w( e6 I5 BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 R& b! ^: B# D% A% ^+ s b4 w, a
after 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* f3 E" c* y; j1 m& K6 E' C4 E! [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 L+ a2 U0 m* S) T! h$ i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. A: A2 J4 C ?2 M, Z
forst plas.
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: U& w9 Q* C5 J+ h+ G& @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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