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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will j( n! V; E5 M
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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) ]: p3 [2 M! s7 V. [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 l+ Q- E5 a4 @
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. {/ b+ N2 W/ t9 x' ]- Gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( n2 u) c0 y2 o4 h [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 [/ W6 `8 B* j, X8 k" S
the sivil servants jump with joy./ x5 e2 I, Q* p: p
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: z. _. S/ n4 R. Q- t6 ]1 A! b! bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
4 Y$ c7 @/ N/ `6 R) P) N$ jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ ?1 Z! g! ]) V
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 J+ g" Q# |5 o ?; I ?reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 X' j: M! o4 [+ b3 z$ b! a
3 x! l% u5 {7 Q& X1 p6 \! @# pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always$ G- H+ n4 j2 ?5 e' Q& Q4 K7 H Z) n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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# g. A+ Z7 d6 eAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; K. B; ?" x. K8 I# U, |
disgrasful and it should go away.9 u) U0 Y5 [5 a
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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
$ Z4 c, Q* z! ?% O7 z9 cafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ V- y) n1 k) o2 m3 J, H6 |
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, q ?0 M; E# Y5 c" g- ]. w, s1 ?understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& f0 ]! ~; p- [. R+ V) Q' ZUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( o* E5 ] f# M6 w8 q
forst plas.
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7 V. r9 z! m/ i) \* X9 ]0 aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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