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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will" T" v* k5 m: g ~1 R
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% F: f+ i$ u4 X s% Q
the other possibility.
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9 O* L3 N* _4 l& \1 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- H1 T% K- H6 l4 a2 n9 P' ~spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- B6 ] ^; |& I. }* Z; |: m, uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 P5 P3 r, V9 T; }/ [. d0 w. N
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 h: A ~. T; x/ K- B1 h" V; F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." W+ g3 G: S' D, w
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$ c0 z6 D: c$ TThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
; ]! s8 W: R3 b. X7 c0 {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 V# S! ^4 p+ _3 oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* B, x4 u9 l2 E- |
2 F9 f3 G2 i/ d2 ]Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 O& Q# z0 x1 `- r' ^
ben a deterent to akurate speling.1 z' t& }& k2 ]+ P7 O7 Q$ g0 m) r% |
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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6 P3 T( a B/ z2 @. k$ d1 ^By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
2 K0 I+ H; g) d1 Y4 |"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and ?7 X/ { Z* p; Q/ _/ d0 s% |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' g9 n, @* W/ i5 z! ^- o' A
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* f( Z5 w! h% V4 A
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* n' G e8 F G+ uUnd 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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