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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
- Z- ?/ a: A) ]! D% S+ ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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; I# }0 f# S5 D/ H2 e6 ^6 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 o. d# Q4 U* i5 Z9 R$ h9 tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 P1 |5 |. G# r* D( k
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
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5 n5 k4 J6 Y/ {; x+ OThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 s b7 T/ r; M a+ N. s; K, ]$ [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% y% `! H% ~2 e1 D) E& v
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; c4 i- A2 P! mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 h( g# s ? u4 ]8 |% U# Rfotograf 20% shorter.
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- r+ ]- b' d2 ]& R9 T5 @- j$ B7 CIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. x% R. B4 _4 ]& g8 H6 a
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 u9 z, F% G/ r. L& m1 }7 j' V
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ x% G) Y9 I* L& ~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
6 ?0 Y, {/ { Fdisgrasful and it should go away.' d4 Q- G& a- I/ {4 D5 J
2 z9 s+ u! R; P) m" wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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: A3 Z/ x' L; ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( _1 d( E! V! q% P5 M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. M" W' [# C; v, o: @0 o
/ I+ K' ]' X6 i% a3 w' MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- f- p. p1 Z* {5 z( R* N: v, D
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 r0 D( q. |' r$ e& w0 cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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! [& J9 u+ ]0 @, p. B0 xIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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