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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 D! d* R" C+ C, {- M. Obe 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 English
2 a0 Z. c, t# fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in B, m2 n( l/ F, `2 N, F2 X
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ q+ p2 g: z& i8 Y1 y
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 Y2 z& r6 ^& D& x; \3 O- }
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 R1 v; Z- P% q4 X) ]8 v. u
! A, `0 x$ E2 b( H9 q6 JThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
- w! z& S% Q ]3 Z t0 Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 g j0 ]$ }5 D! t! {
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, E* N. r7 B5 {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 }0 g2 x+ X$ Y3 Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 C0 `- U: t% ~# Q7 W U/ V
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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# t2 ] ]9 ^ Q8 G( L
"z" and "w" with "v". V# A) } _# p! ?
1 H/ {+ o. s' e E0 P% i5 b9 Y3 `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- {0 H: g) l, J3 v& j/ yafter 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& ]7 `$ M" R9 ^, V4 J/ ?/ D
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! s" W' R: U( DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ t9 t/ D# @) `* ^! m
forst plas.
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8 X6 U/ x& O. A% {$ aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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