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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. N* |: g% C( Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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M7 S' y. p$ T* o6 b7 ]; c& ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' F9 W2 S8 L; J$ q% A; vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 I* W! D0 h" Iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- L4 o4 M, |; O4 G0 A# Othe sivil servants jump with joy.
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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 the
6 L: a5 V# R$ Ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to8 U; _$ m. a% F; z5 F4 o5 r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 S2 r" U- y" o3 e9 X# t1 D X
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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* ^% @7 F* ` eAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 V- J& v3 d! N
disgrasful and it should go away.# f: m3 S/ V8 D! X* N9 y1 _* a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 r$ [1 V f; p5 C0 [2 v; P
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ N9 _, t; j: b9 C- t# O
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 E! J& `! D- p( T1 V: `! ?9 Q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ {( Y* S! |4 M' b w7 ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 u! l t' G9 Q" ~2 e6 k4 s$ wIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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