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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 W9 D( Q$ o- ]4 X1 _* nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 O& P( t' g# x7 s [
the other possibility.3 Q; x, j/ N; T* U
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 C1 w( |( c2 v* d8 @8 u
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. f$ G$ W+ Y4 M4 e; P% m+ \* ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- a, R9 D# } q3 D
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 v! G2 U0 x1 ethe sivil servants jump with joy.- J# X" p# N4 u& s0 `; L' G+ r
& J% F" a) O6 K9 O* ]) JThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: U0 v" @: D/ B4 B5 G
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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4 d6 Q, ~" k5 ^$ N fThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# _2 @1 H. |% C. e$ a0 z* [
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: Q0 d2 E) J/ ?+ D [, e: ?fotograf 20% shorter.( m8 O7 z( X3 \5 {5 w/ p. K" j
& m" U4 W( y9 B6 dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ y3 ?; h! n0 Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: l$ [ P N, g. V: J. }/ c0 z$ T
( X# @& L2 k0 s0 N7 UGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 W; F$ O7 @" X$ u( z7 i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 j4 l+ ^4 ^4 M8 q% m9 ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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# ]) ]; f+ ^4 l4 I& d/ jBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) R7 h3 M; [) m3 ] }
"z" and "w" with "v".
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4 z9 X2 L0 B' Z$ u3 {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ ~7 s* k& a9 @( D- Zafter 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
+ b! J( U! w/ p& g; s" tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 P! b. _; E6 V# S
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# K; s+ n7 V& x3 J0 h. M* P
forst plas. P" n/ j% I4 {$ ]+ ^. X
( U0 p% D# A q0 u; V+ NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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