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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' d8 p7 N" g5 {9 _& ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 G8 u {% E/ {8 Z( \" p! Cthe other possibility.% M' }7 ?) I n2 H, u8 F
* s% g1 k, h5 I. X+ pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
5 m. j: L. Q) w, b; E f- V7 B, Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" I8 j6 q. h; }1 \7 U. c3 ^* a1 C. uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 Z# f& f% Y) [, Z
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 m8 w4 P {, ?3 z" P( P7 u
the sivil servants jump with joy.% f) }8 }/ f4 n9 ?' @
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 Y% z; L p: T- j: V% W
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.5 Y6 x, @! Y7 i0 e$ t
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. C" _/ k! ^2 ^! {" m/ T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 Y; F% @, @8 Z5 T% U& l
fotograf 20% shorter.. X) U, R7 i7 m$ F
H/ f+ d8 L7 t& {) r3 yIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 E2 Y) R) ^$ A* ]2 y6 Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ `! d# Y, K- ]$ j6 m
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
. \- _/ [, M! `8 ]ben a deterent to akurate speling." {- s7 t' y& P7 F/ H' f
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
9 G# B/ B" I$ b ~4 {0 ~9 P"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 i, U z! M, @( a+ s0 j9 nafter 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
, w. p _9 F9 Q/ Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ ~7 d6 i9 ?$ p, JUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, u8 J# ]+ _1 u# |
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& ~( p: Z" w& O; \: X0 Y/ PIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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