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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
# A, V7 j- V* H; g" lbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 n, q" s, O! xthe other possibility.7 ?9 i1 z0 O1 F. L: l
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: G5 H4 O5 Y9 @* i. y) `spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 J; h( s0 { m- A0 c- B. pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 j: E& b3 M$ w: x+ | V& ]
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) k: W/ H0 u \7 F' y9 r
the sivil servants jump with joy.) z, h; p$ y) I& w6 `. S- V
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
+ S8 y4 A$ v7 O2 ukonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. n" x" a( {/ F( V6 P6 ^& T) V @
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 d2 w6 W5 i0 mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' p: W$ t( U' b. @& a* ?
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- s& u1 n+ p( [' E9 l$ P0 D
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 Y9 H! Z9 U" v# p4 b, T ], a
4 }: L4 x! f9 t$ i/ o# TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 {5 x9 @9 t- r# ?% |" s. k6 _ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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9 M9 ]$ z' f4 u, {6 VAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( D" j- ~" ^( K( S
disgrasful and it should go away.& d( r. ^ s0 L+ j* L9 g
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, A) F# d' {9 V7 v5 J6 N: oDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ \1 ^- E6 R( ~( f; D( d( ]
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- Q" o l2 W: o: z( S: R0 n( u: W+ {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, f: O& f- U$ }2 `) a" j& O- ^& A0 Uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! g- C7 V6 I! i5 F" m! n* I3 sUnd 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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