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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, \4 G8 A! `/ L2 M; Nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was! N$ S% O) U( Y" c3 ^. r$ O: ~
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. {7 b& L9 v, m9 i0 W+ f0 V$ E# W' k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 O; n$ ?- c Y3 P2 s3 p/ vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! _; J' d3 j+ x' b) k4 sIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ L1 e; D7 r+ M# r" Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.: T9 s; s: \( X9 _: C4 ^
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 i& P) f' r' P' y; F/ E8 o1 [( b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 z. G* g# X0 m& q% D5 J
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7 V# a6 f/ u- gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ j- U9 k5 K: X
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& H }/ ^! A4 Y3 a/ x
fotograf 20% shorter./ G0 m; L @0 L' `3 l9 S- W
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ z9 q: h7 l- lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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! w& u# M+ b s o1 f0 `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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disgrasful and it should go away.
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# P( n& X% M" b9 S$ d, e! }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
- c2 s- i) i$ r" P5 Bafter 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& e' U9 o# w2 @" s/ G8 ~' i9 p
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' J7 u9 b* n+ o0 R$ z, QUnd 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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