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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ _: a* d7 K$ U: r- Q) I
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 Y, Y* c; Y; S! W
the other possibility.1 s* m( e# f: P; |
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ M$ H: c4 K4 p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, I- N6 I( A4 V
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! v5 \' H; p8 C: JIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' u9 J! \& M; Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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6 o, w/ B2 Z* Z1 z! F* PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ h* y7 P1 _, K, p! R5 @7 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 |; m! t; g6 y) g2 Q6 D% a' tfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 ]( L |7 K. |* U8 ]9 c/ v* @- }
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( H _9 K" y; o8 z3 V6 F* D& r; u2 s
ben a deterent to akurate speling. Q3 S8 |, p8 T; {
7 B: _& h0 E* O ]* KAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 A6 _! n6 ~" {" }
disgrasful and it should go away.! G5 a2 } h8 J, p' q1 l
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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"and1 W: K u" P! d& j4 V, G
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 n9 B9 W. U1 u6 _+ |$ e2 n
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ F7 U5 E7 [+ R; e! H' }
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
?; B3 N- \2 ]8 S" ^- ]- H, p7 i0 tUnd 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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