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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) }$ C" [/ a" J4 vbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
4 W$ C, ^, `3 \0 ^6 jthe other possibility.3 Y- f! i) l, b' I# f4 E: k; p
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! e4 t, C, |! O8 I* S! ?1 w- v) {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% y% {3 s2 q$ n6 M" o* q g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".' z4 E% t. t; A1 N+ r
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 Z# u. I2 t) ~1 t: E9 y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* o; G A$ R6 w+ M: {* qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 L' Q: `6 d# X
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! h0 a! _0 h7 C# A' K( h1 F3 Y- Q* `0 k( QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
3 P+ z& @4 ^& C( t% @" a) Dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
* N; ~% H0 u$ k. mfotograf 20% shorter., Q5 T2 _4 S" K, W: Y
" p2 v8 w0 C- _9 z j1 w% X+ i3 b, uIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 I# S/ M H! X0 T# n$ q( a6 R" b! Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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8 O7 j$ r1 f& `' C. QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 X \% _- U+ f+ G
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
8 u2 o$ N4 U( `, V% Xdisgrasful and it should go away.9 \4 @% U8 W o5 W5 U3 T& s
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! V5 J# v. k4 o) c. s1 m: ?8 S
"z" and "w" with "v".: y6 m# S8 [8 D3 ?
, m" `" E" e2 q6 ^1 NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* E6 g. Q1 M& O+ H7 i$ v
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 N, e) y B: h- W$ J3 X+ G% O
3 o" e% x# w0 o0 ^5 G' T. ]1 |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, ?5 d$ F, F1 I1 z, f r( Munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 n) F: s7 F, L# g+ A+ N9 T: KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) N7 I6 C' g8 B
forst plas.
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" m) }/ C6 l' fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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