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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
N. R2 t& w( }1 A5 ^7 Nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 Q! n# i- x, V) ?, c! h
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English }5 H% b6 X3 O8 [! E* `9 [
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) W! a4 j3 [* [( R; P
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 N+ r& ]* i" D
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& m* v+ g7 {# z7 S( H8 N% g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( }. S1 F: k, F) n. U6 Ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 ]6 r4 d* D2 `5 C/ c! p7 W4 C1 R
fotograf 20% shorter.3 N$ M' d) A- |8 o `
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 [/ k/ E. ^% S; q4 @reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& d+ W# R+ E) A
ben a deterent to akurate speling.+ f5 f# e) g7 |) k/ `0 j+ [$ g' ?
+ Y% v8 H3 p6 [% x. ?Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. x3 w2 [" J5 o. Ddisgrasful and it should go away.% A. W9 J- w8 ?
: f7 v" Z$ e- K6 }By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with, ~' ^3 @3 u! U+ X6 w
"z" and "w" with "v".
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4 I# E, g$ A! m: T1 v0 d7 JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! f* J4 R* G( G2 a; A$ z" L
after 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 tu4 a( b" t( W* M
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; U( e" C5 N+ F% y3 L" KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" [. T/ g4 C8 S, n
forst plas.
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. T$ X- F3 v, V1 `0 E# AIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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