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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# V1 h* T: V |( W+ e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- y' R% I# ]1 s* athe other possibility.$ U2 I: F0 u6 c+ h
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' {. o4 ~- O% tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 y& L% J6 [) r! B( k8 Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) |( A' M! `$ r3 H9 kIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ O9 U- a: X0 R8 U, X+ _8 k
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 g, T. G3 U% J- `$ |4 W$ E' L5 LThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# M. q6 B& f, G: u/ }
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& I+ K" o9 Y" u
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- q! E8 `* l: f( R& hThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ G$ E4 M( E" s6 a7 I/ K& Z0 ]troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* u7 f0 k: n( G. x5 x! m9 ~( Lfotograf 20% shorter." O6 d) @) c' \
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 F+ J. ?0 s* F- J( s/ _
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 d- T% ^2 h Z1 u3 V! g
' I! ^* h9 ?$ |; |1 O+ OGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always2 y( A! D# f3 D1 ]& Q- C$ G
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 m9 c M! H$ X5 D |
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
& F0 n0 C% a6 U& kdisgrasful and it should go away.6 ]$ m! j9 X: Y7 X/ H n. f
$ K/ }- n7 v: c2 lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# \" D; _% d# j( SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! F7 K4 Z5 t+ V8 F. B' i* }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ N+ e" {0 X' q `" T) U! @
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# M8 R# ]& s# j7 M+ l: y' }4 tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 ^( e" X6 |) X: N7 J* U! \
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; Z* U! Y$ B1 n. `3 c3 ^' z1 O
forst plas.
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& d) ^$ }$ f/ Y& [: G4 S( o5 @' T9 \/ bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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