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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; h$ X# w' G& `" ?' \/ o/ Z# |
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was3 ^9 n- S8 ^ I1 r; ^# B' G
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: N: n7 _" E! Z2 h$ e. yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! V" k0 u0 t* {8 {% C/ z8 m7 kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 E8 ]' R9 N1 s# w% A% r7 I ?0 B
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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/ G; R0 \* x$ u% x+ E& T$ PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' J6 E" {! P7 a% z" U
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
$ y# _* c' l7 w% g# u$ Ofotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* W# O1 ^$ G$ m% N
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, D! z7 p+ A" a2 o/ @' {5 C! lGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! x* D0 a+ c; b K% r6 p3 c/ S* Uben a deterent to akurate speling.
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y5 O9 O# P0 L& |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. ^ ]- V# N8 a \" F& w2 Adisgrasful and it should go away.) U4 y& J" s; s: L {
6 p( ^7 D3 T2 l) Z) pBy 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
: H( U b7 \5 b5 b; s- Mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) f3 G2 S1 e" |+ E$ I0 U' W
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- Q: d! d/ [ C, v6 \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. ~6 z$ f. _" K1 G9 h& P1 ~6 o
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" f/ @" L/ R" fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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