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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 V' ^5 \' M* t) v6 g$ Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
; W7 k$ H* u% g6 p6 D* gthe other possibility.& N: ^% \1 @1 N: I3 j6 n
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 u( n4 e. U8 {. j
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& k$ ]# [/ l9 Z8 vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ {" i7 H* d# Y; d! R' v
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- q4 {6 f O7 Q2 n* }7 N( k' M+ i
the sivil servants jump with joy./ R' H/ x) P u; m
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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. P! }5 g4 ^3 Z( Y8 K
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 v& d3 M7 n5 R2 v% {3 u5 Z' u9 hfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" _; k/ ^8 ^$ U: d4 g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& _. }7 R" b7 U9 Jben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" G" r/ \$ N1 U t% m' k# L" e" PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is6 z) a+ P8 a/ T# h0 r
disgrasful and it should go away.8 x% a+ }* Y2 s4 e% l8 h
1 k7 m) r! l* ?7 R/ d5 qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 K& y) Y& ~# q& z9 L
"z" and "w" with "v"." h& a2 z# `6 D) i
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 Z1 L2 H7 ~5 c0 t
after 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+ Z* Y/ ^1 q. c- }$ A Y# H
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 @( H7 u6 {" OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 ^7 }& ^, n# w' L
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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