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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will n+ n2 s8 x, G% m. s- L" d& d7 ^
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% ^6 ^# ~! c" w; I/ {% Y
the other possibility.: b) v0 x5 ?1 K! l% K
* Z1 b2 z; @5 _$ fAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 H6 a3 A$ f. l6 J0 f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. B3 y. R, |& h1 ]6 F1 @
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
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! h7 q k8 P( K- K5 FThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 p& w+ M) \% Q4 u9 K( Gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* ^4 u! u$ S0 h+ B8 y. v4 Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# J2 F4 S7 D" ~0 y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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. r) N/ C6 M% u9 s; xIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( b1 x8 l1 ~9 g7 e/ f2 I$ j- |' [reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ L+ _# C- d4 F* [$ qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 s. z+ C; Q6 ~+ \( C+ {8 `ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! ~5 H$ I. I _1 RAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 X$ I, j3 A% S3 i7 }# I0 hdisgrasful and it should go away./ d/ I5 c/ K2 h, \0 I- Y+ E8 F, p
/ @7 P: ` F5 M7 PBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
, t' {! X, [, w6 h$ t"z" and "w" with "v".
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8 v5 A7 [2 r1 {6 C7 o$ r0 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) R2 Z6 U: |; M3 Q2 H5 R. jafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.3 B# _- M& a& S% W" m: R; v. h# T% y
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% _; I( ~: e; u0 v& O: s
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. g# D* x5 T( m Z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* r+ Q' @6 a; t) Y8 R1 b$ O/ t$ m8 M
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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