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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 G- P8 W3 n, r% g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& U0 c" w) V$ O. U$ u- ?
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! f! U) _& h8 z0 `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 n- N9 n$ b8 ]+ A) j
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ L! P' t4 ^% U' m* W
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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' Q( n& C0 }/ w( P3 eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" g- y* I+ U) U% R
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." m$ k2 v6 {$ E+ s' [% Z/ j
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& b7 r, p& ~+ z+ ]$ w \7 p/ vThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 M3 S8 X9 y% r8 l: n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! L% f/ E( w! o7 E B& k) |fotograf 20% shorter.& G5 A$ m# j9 T" m
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 F* e$ [- t/ ] R: n) A" Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& B- c- V, y" O- ]
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 x1 h- t1 X) g6 A( y3 N
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ _, N' u; y/ H, \, UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ P. i5 y) r- u2 V7 a8 Lafter 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
% w3 K. k) h {5 N& r. Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. U C* c5 v1 W& ~, U; E; X9 d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 x1 _9 ]5 n# a8 S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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