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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 @. b! E- t* F; G) }+ V) bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% h7 W( e* A" {- k0 ?& E$ G5 P
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' z3 T/ ^; }: K5 k0 l
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ ~/ S" [7 w7 r
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 h a; Z$ h: y3 \9 m/ vthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 o+ q+ O& h& k3 R$ H
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 R" c/ X: D2 ]; N A8 n
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& T) e& B5 ?6 j4 L4 A' FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% c$ X+ u# X7 h# F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 r {0 q: V, b
fotograf 20% shorter.. G1 d' ~" J" r2 E6 A
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
% [0 s. M/ r8 P- \& j& f: A* Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 a3 N. D) i% J5 f' i+ z- _
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) }% m+ i }2 ^4 _5 G k' r
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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: D$ G% A4 m0 O" h9 iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
' x, R f9 R7 P" W. \; ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- M1 h8 K+ \ a
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* b% C/ i3 u$ o; B5 N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 ]8 T$ m5 Z8 l8 Q# M
( l8 r Z/ h7 S/ J4 d9 n# h; zZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 e2 K8 l7 _, `; U* ], _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ a) |$ I& h' e. g0 ?Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 K2 w: ^/ K9 q, {
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0 \7 N9 N" l$ x- s. IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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