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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# b8 b$ G6 o% l$ W! m4 n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ R& _: j k8 y8 i$ M5 R! I, P: S
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4 \. F( a( |$ s3 bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 e U' Z6 z* e3 [$ }7 P& {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
; Z! M* p4 Z" W6 C4 Q0 ]3 y2 uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) E: L4 @( b( W4 ithe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 E% z4 C/ C* \9 m, _
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." e, ^ y6 D( r9 i) E2 K: [
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: Q8 a' k' ]9 i9 z& X8 ]" stroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& f: i6 Y9 S, X6 o
fotograf 20% shorter.* ~% T0 z# N$ m% k) A( |5 Q
! z, I( j' Q8 U( Z2 rIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ m5 l: a. n; h6 G# k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. g/ w: @% H, J2 }5 |# F& S( p
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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ p5 Y7 P4 N9 |* M* `, J0 IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' _3 e+ a2 T* v. i2 ^7 k K) W6 Uafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ Y+ w4 H0 { o
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- N+ `) n4 ?: t# @
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 D2 u( l( g9 I' H% _9 L7 g6 o4 C5 K
Und 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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