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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. v! b0 F' S' Y" F; n! K
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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7 ?1 `: r' ~3 Q9 XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 s- r8 \' h, [1 \, n# b) X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, y5 Z8 \) d4 s) F
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 H! a: ?: V/ s b
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) n: D; r* x! _' K' lthe sivil servants jump with joy.' q5 Z) E, u/ y
4 k. }; }* `. g& c, v7 C& | }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% r" o5 S. L9 p z8 Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ K5 i- m* @3 Y2 M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 B, a9 A' R3 ~2 q9 ` q! ~
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! h5 {$ i" ~: |" Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) n% F2 s5 P/ l* C" qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 n* j! b, S% J: }
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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% R( Y" l( ]! S8 D7 s- k( B+ y
"z" and "w" with "v".
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' i$ [4 j) J* `- E- n0 yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 D$ f' C5 k' b1 X" f n) w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 b1 ~, ]0 ?5 o/ c
4 d5 A# @( N- x* L5 g# B+ mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 {, {9 H# I: N0 R" T+ R8 sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( x8 ^8 _4 W% W: N! n
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! C6 \" B0 }' n5 [, U
forst plas.
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4 _. f9 M0 L b2 H: H- L9 Q9 jIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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