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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% F" y3 v3 J6 `9 s, ]# Q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- n6 a! C1 O) _* O/ Z( `, o, U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' d" `1 |( N2 p1 t4 I+ u" Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, n1 g$ t% |! VIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) N: H- {: m+ h& y! a9 Zthe sivil servants jump with joy.( a0 s. j# \3 X( [8 f# G( m
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% k8 I3 b' d$ k
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
( c: ?0 y- e9 d! Ufotograf 20% shorter.4 w9 D, g. K. z( i$ H E+ A' J
8 M- V5 H* H- A& s5 MIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' I" s6 z) f! y$ x
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: v4 }, w* Y7 o7 Y+ m! h
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
~7 ]% O1 u( q) |3 Q6 V7 cben a deterent to akurate speling.# `" [& |# v+ k
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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. Q# o2 B- h" {! a* v/ P3 P; R, _
"z" and "w" with "v".7 ^$ \: J% u4 |6 B% [) ~
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 R, b( n0 s2 g
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ n! v9 G+ c5 H2 FZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, \6 U8 e/ q% h- _' A
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 `4 \' b4 S0 x3 O4 [
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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