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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! c$ G9 f9 Z( Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 d/ K" I! z# }6 R! A/ }' B) W @
the other possibility.( A d" n! Q+ H& O1 R1 j/ k
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
7 }; \& a' _% x% o, E; Lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ g6 c1 ]& {4 d) O) P) m6 M4 Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 c+ l% N% {% n, P
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% ]1 n8 a3 A0 Y) Q2 q( h Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.- X1 W9 W4 c, ]! c% x \/ K
: {) }& K& c8 g) i$ I, nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* I# |' j( M# Y" v6 v1 y' E9 P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) c) i1 {# q( @% i! s
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% J/ E p9 ?. S8 XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 T6 o5 G1 M" f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. w, m3 Z/ l2 B) `: S- i8 v
fotograf 20% shorter.* Q# v; t( _3 r2 Q- s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 P- G; i% ~; {! k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# M* s* ?% t% R: r$ |! K& e& Z1 a
# W. d4 R B+ `: y: C! \Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. @" ~+ Q" b3 |/ V
ben a deterent to akurate speling." n" W; O( S% j
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ o6 Q0 ?2 G# P1 g6 c/ v; Q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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2 t" I6 t4 O1 |9 ABy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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% N' o! r. h$ m& |During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
2 c: ^& ?: p0 \) p( q9 Yafter 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 M0 x1 Z5 E! D( h; W. T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 N4 f2 K/ |: P& `2 J
Und 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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