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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 \$ o3 ~8 e2 I5 S( m' }0 K7 ibe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 Q4 Q. H8 y/ B
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% q( \2 [" d5 U6 bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' X' t3 o5 M: W
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 U5 `) }5 _# e5 c- J- p3 Y
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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0 P: T. X6 f- sIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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6 L2 B! N" Q9 V# K# V' k& yThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% h- \+ m; i0 B @; [$ e2 s: H ?4 Ytroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: s' e) K7 X% W) H1 pfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 _$ Q+ I1 a) @1 _3 S1 u* c0 Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 `/ l" C: G5 S% p& D7 YGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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6 Q" e3 K: Q c; K) AAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ u) W/ ^- K' O
disgrasful and it should go away.$ V4 W1 W9 |0 l
: m# k' \/ M( W2 z% q$ {3 S; F5 YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* I6 s' |0 v- [' Z& @( T' M/ g0 H"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 t) T" x7 E" J. i4 z' }* |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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" _. }/ i# ?/ p: r2 K: P2 b8 |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 [3 o* _* E1 T; q* ]0 vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 a3 x3 C0 C5 S1 L! e% zUnd 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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