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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: b+ q# {' t- X/ `5 M! A; _1 D3 Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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. P) N: m% }* Q9 P0 w4 ~1 s; K0 Z5 mAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 t: J2 R* F' b$ k8 _spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ y( e# ]. A1 i g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: V3 c% r4 w, `, P3 n: x
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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3 F- h2 z1 G% l+ _& aThe 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! C d( k: Z6 R! @, s
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 k' ]5 l. Q& l( G2 x3 `9 h
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 _7 d+ j/ X' q. d) J8 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 |+ C0 w+ h1 e8 ^0 r2 G
disgrasful and it should go away.( ]0 O0 s* Y D( k$ Z/ S
. V0 T/ q1 `/ oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with. G& J/ k9 g9 n2 p4 L; v( \
"z" and "w" with "v".
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9 |& t4 L* [1 X0 \0 UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 `8 Y a2 v' H. T* z1 b
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ d9 e, h6 S# n9 N( F5 ~
8 ^, D4 c* [2 A+ xZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; n% {" z6 V$ V- X0 M3 W# w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 b# L8 J4 [' L3 [Und 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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