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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! r ?9 n; ^& B+ Z
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( c$ H. S* H5 T5 k* f2 b! B
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 f. K, x1 H5 x' N; `: j0 K4 q% Hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in& ?8 U# @: Q* H
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" p% \1 B) ~4 F2 ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! u. ^$ o$ O7 a( Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 E! T/ a% t; d6 r! E5 Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; P8 M, m- v) c4 r+ _1 L
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2 |2 K; |/ z2 k1 [There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ G/ M. d5 M5 Q: i* Qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 {* Q9 d3 i! _fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 K( d. B7 @7 U8 S& z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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0 D) [1 _" V' M6 t! ~6 rGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ l$ n9 k% [/ W/ F$ T, i* K* Sben a deterent to akurate speling.9 c- |9 S9 X& @) x8 p' Y1 V4 g$ ?
2 @+ f: J5 ~: D# R0 A3 gAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# Z$ v& w+ y; ^ B- s
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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) K1 \' d7 n% u/ ~8 r: W" Z& I4 kDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
b. s4 e' @( j, tafter 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" Z) S! E" s) X! U
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 P/ A, D$ `$ ?* bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- \( y! ~% r* i- z) Q
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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