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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& z& s8 j! C2 H \3 Y9 cbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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& s8 H1 U- {8 L. C. A" c" J% H, FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! u7 F# x ^, V' {$ U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 c6 m# S! H `- V# eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( [# H7 Q( r$ B" D2 a
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 V, z5 N3 C7 H) q! A3 |/ K9 X
, J0 k2 Y1 ]- y- y" X/ b" `8 mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 P# y4 C3 Z. k- g5 Fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 E3 E. `% R1 x0 X: u5 E1 ]
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. O& q& k: O, e0 r+ atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" _8 B1 k H0 G. G/ ?4 N
fotograf 20% shorter.9 N/ j6 ?7 w% F4 s2 ]' _
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 |: s* L5 I) g8 u. q- p( y) E5 ]5 _reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." v2 r$ v+ l/ d2 p' p: A. x6 f
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) ^/ F2 X' }* i5 Q; }
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 B+ d% m% X3 S' |: m8 a+ e {
disgrasful and it should go away.& B6 ?4 H& r8 I
. [8 [# M" [/ }3 s+ _' N4 T4 sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with& r( N# P$ E# i/ O: x! R9 q$ a
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ S ?$ Q# E2 h, v: E, L* x9 [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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R* g) \% E) U( v! }$ A, A9 H. ZZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 I6 L# S) b7 runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% P* T; G- d2 a5 q8 w1 M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 g, t1 \" d, \: I
forst plas.
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" `- V4 r9 i; U8 Q( a# y# bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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