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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 U$ x6 k7 t- `6 j" g2 r: d! t
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* V9 p) |8 c4 v+ t$ h }; D! j
the other possibility.
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U: p8 T/ t% ?& i! B. }& nAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% i9 u. a3 X _- s4 d& {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 J9 S6 M. M. F! H3 O# d1 k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" f" a4 s% B1 E$ `
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 ?( X4 _0 m) |+ o) g7 E$ Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; A& z" L6 P0 @) w' Z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
; g7 u ^% b+ H, v9 f* ~2 Y Xfotograf 20% shorter.6 q/ {- ]/ O8 a0 M; `! Q2 n; g" Q
7 Z) B6 V' L1 K0 h# C% mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to x4 y; y9 |$ {; ?7 s* k& M2 i
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& t9 D5 m4 `! E0 g2 ~3 ~5 w! C. H! Z
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
o: ~/ a5 ?7 x! _) d |) V( k3 W v. ?ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 n: {7 D& s2 V3 O0 |8 q
; U0 r% A1 e2 ]" t& C% `Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
6 h. s4 t) ?, edisgrasful and it should go away., w) ]! j4 W1 @$ T4 s7 v- Q
4 A' m' }; z! n6 bBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 b9 J. i* W' m$ D: {7 w
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 J# r! Q8 R5 D; {# S% i. {( Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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: E8 Y1 s: M. _" MZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ ^5 F" u% J4 [" N9 ?& j
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 Y0 ?: Y& l: `' F9 oUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 f P* z6 A2 `9 A+ h
forst plas.
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" s$ C, |: W/ p6 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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