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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 e5 z8 H3 m6 c- r
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* [$ T% Z4 Y" C& P c
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 J/ | g) ?3 U' h0 K6 {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in- y# q, ]* a. X& @
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: @3 V0 y0 d# y. q: j3 S% mIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 x6 k. s7 U4 Z# t- a! W' }( W
the sivil servants jump with joy.) ^3 C) \; ]+ f2 \
" Y e! L, j0 ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- I( y' x' G+ W1 a2 h3 Rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ h7 h+ K% C- ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 Q% E2 m) s X- O3 K, Q! A
fotograf 20% shorter.3 p9 L# N- x# k: c# I, v
& g4 e* N) |2 f6 xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 K. N8 A7 ~, h" y( m! lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) _, l% L$ x; `1 w5 [- B: |6 M
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
- D4 w4 g6 E. t ^. Fdisgrasful and it should go away.7 L' ?3 B2 l3 N3 ~! M6 W7 t
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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- Q* {6 s M! J( g
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
+ C+ Q& i2 V( b* ^6 E1 X7 k3 aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
_9 e5 U' ^* N- t: }% ?+ M5 LUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 y& Q ?$ N9 v; v- e7 Z1 ~7 `* p# j
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" i$ o( e1 K0 oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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