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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
; H! `( o7 H( F: B+ T4 J! w( c- [( Xbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 N0 q! R# F4 E0 E. ?
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8 O- b4 ?3 @! g+ \* ]As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* ?7 I' T, @+ R: o% ~
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 v1 c- C% @4 z
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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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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, p" k! z0 p1 G/ rThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' ]7 h2 l* f9 e9 E2 f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, q+ o+ q/ n/ C/ Q
fotograf 20% shorter.( O9 t2 [, N! T8 W$ U$ Q9 R
9 Q; X: K, \! \$ b$ x3 |4 s& u/ f+ TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" l+ [; b& y6 J6 P3 ~! Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 y$ |4 A7 w5 X$ j, k- KGovernments 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 is
5 w( O8 S1 v8 H i- t# I' e M rdisgrasful and it should go away.
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0 y; c: [/ r( R2 O: u2 `9 `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& I' E0 Y" ` h& C, ]8 e, }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" H0 y# h- m* O( T
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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6 k0 o3 i! Z( {8 M! E$ [Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! C$ L/ d+ g S; Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., I% X& M2 [5 [! Y! l6 q/ H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' N) g/ B: p2 n8 {. r z
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7 x- L$ d7 }) y+ O! f# S' t, @; h6 FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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