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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# O- n g+ B2 w2 A- B
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 N4 d8 N( y3 B# i& J( m$ y4 X
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! b7 \7 x6 Y6 g9 Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
v; }5 M% G% v I. t0 T* Gplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) l+ {9 }$ s; lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# y+ e0 u' ?6 w) h- e; _/ kthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 P- I, D7 J2 ~
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: l6 f1 x; ~# P5 n& i9 ^konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ i; s0 |0 }. a
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! k: s: F. D" {3 d& Y7 B$ `: C/ i! g9 J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, N0 c" W8 l6 L' y6 k
fotograf 20% shorter.9 E8 z. l& t% ^- m
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; l6 q$ ?$ B! W) j0 p9 `4 W' B
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 B |! r: i2 X5 ]" L
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 y( K2 I/ I, H3 x9 {
disgrasful and it should go away.1 ~' I. f. R4 s4 n$ Q3 ]; b0 N- ]
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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! a) u: q x; n4 O" L( Z$ D9 `During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% y6 m: W' I G& dafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu0 ^7 M1 M) L* r' \3 W6 D8 S- B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 s& h0 Y3 i& CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. F) p0 d! [, S2 i
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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