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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& S* F1 f$ J f/ Zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- w! q0 k2 ~4 n3 R7 f
the other possibility.5 M6 G/ g5 m1 R
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ R$ z9 ] \4 h* T, H8 o, w7 ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" n! |7 P# r8 K0 [4 tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 q8 e J* H4 t" w5 k
' ]" U$ ~9 _) z1 A/ g7 yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 J G# z; L( E, w: p0 u, f; }the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 W2 @& [0 w/ ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) A7 P3 m! O' j1 e
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
u' L5 T! M% F% [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ s$ B l$ F9 S' d: n# }2 J5 f8 d# w
fotograf 20% shorter.' Y. r. R- @% \5 P
8 s: ]; b3 G1 H9 c( z6 }In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( D2 O2 n8 S8 v; ~0 {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ A7 u! j4 D3 J# ?; Q$ g6 F
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ s m& d/ h8 p6 B8 r( Eben a deterent to akurate speling.; |5 C9 E/ h; ]7 R3 n
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ W' `* W! O4 ?( \' |9 E( }" o
disgrasful and it should go away.' r. Y5 N! y* Y4 E$ K* A
+ m; R- f6 q8 v3 aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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7 K! ] G, T' q( s+ S& o' e7 FDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 a* C$ p- ^0 a, o2 y g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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) N- o# {1 u2 JZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ W5 s+ r% Z- @5 V; ]5 Z" ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 w/ [% {0 E0 Q+ `$ _6 m- bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ u j3 _0 t7 C1 d. L' Q9 g
forst plas.
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" e+ ~: A" }- W* E( |' X+ X/ mIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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