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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
* K% Z( h1 O8 z% ?: [6 |9 q8 pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 [% Y/ u/ _- Othe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! V# b- X5 G/ `1 Z% h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) d& w( f" Q6 ^' x) T9 o
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
3 Z1 K0 O' t+ }) e' Ithe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
# ~% Q9 f9 }8 Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., y$ K* u0 V9 `3 b* d6 A/ Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' Z, i! U3 d" h0 }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) s$ A: S" g4 V b3 f3 o' D
fotograf 20% shorter.
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* z% M7 C% M5 z; h* J, eIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ w; ?4 ^" r4 S# ~5 E+ o) Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 p1 v" k6 y! t# z- r6 w
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
- L4 C9 k1 m6 Y( @8 j) R5 Y8 [disgrasful and it should go away.6 n" d1 _ v: U5 E& P2 U
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ y) P4 e6 P3 L5 Q7 d* P/ Q
"z" and "w" with "v".+ \2 _% x: V1 p; v1 B6 H, T( `
& U" y; K( J- R% c0 _' O fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
1 {5 j* j& i2 kafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ k. }5 F- l' h Z6 ?: Q ]
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 F* T0 x6 p9 F
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 l) e* H6 |, R' C5 CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 }/ S! d- x4 j" q+ H
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/ Z" a5 W" `, @' }( bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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