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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ L* z* E# ^: K4 T/ q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 P& d1 h- o7 x2 z2 H6 K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& i; l) i6 o% o$ G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 l0 X5 u3 X) dIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 C5 L9 A" \2 S o$ m/ H8 jkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the e; ?6 P% Z: Q) l1 m( V' h
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 y7 ?+ R9 K7 J- i8 d! z# s9 P) n% ~
fotograf 20% shorter.: G% ?! @; ^# V, s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 i$ A. K7 S) t/ E( w2 I b7 rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* _8 I+ z: M5 u# @* ]
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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! O3 O9 A& C4 T- x+ MBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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+ B6 ?5 F* o2 z0 VDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ x- k! _, S+ z: mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ O& ~5 R( F# \, I0 F- j. ^+ q3 pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" n4 u: V# O: L% lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 G+ t) r$ K0 M/ z/ u$ z! U8 ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 L# \' v/ F4 F6 B0 O
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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