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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 n# `* N+ a4 p! A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
2 t; H7 ~7 n' sthe other possibility.
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" _5 K" X6 }# }& bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 X- Y5 @9 G I$ u& z' H
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 F+ K+ _5 k9 A) h- X
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The 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 the4 p# H) R, Q M' e$ u+ \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 U9 O/ ?# Y5 Z/ ^& ~: ]6 I6 ffotograf 20% shorter.1 ^0 _3 F8 }+ A2 M7 {
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ |7 N6 c8 l. G9 K* nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! X V0 b! P! _+ e
3 {$ V4 [, q# u' l3 u0 SGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# O1 K3 \6 Q, Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.0 l5 z% R6 v t P+ G
% Z9 S. M- } V- y% RAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- T0 s) J9 f1 i2 S
disgrasful and it should go away.3 X" q' e) B, X3 {# n
! t0 h9 P# H% y4 W% `# O4 UBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& M( n1 h' o. a! p" G
"z" and "w" with "v".0 F0 W6 b6 x& ?
+ @* y1 \' j( s( F# R; UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 c4 r- r4 f2 M2 \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 E/ z- f1 E2 N/ z( ^" _9 G9 x
5 p! Y( g, b- b0 f5 y3 PZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, x* D" k/ B9 z; v$ F: {1 ~understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 C% ? i; [5 L( E5 M5 zUnd 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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