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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 O* d7 z( R5 t2 ?: I: _be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" ?# H9 ]8 k8 |% P( ^
the other possibility.
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- y4 O- b+ f% t% j! O" WAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" _- g- N* j3 U) y1 H6 Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ L9 B) n1 B8 |) c
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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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% N4 F! J5 t& R" [/ r; [6 F4 ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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; ]2 t9 r1 q0 g. p1 i0 h8 BIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; j' Q2 f! [( m% C, q3 p. u& Ireach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( i5 V3 A* |0 N1 A* c; a
3 V0 n/ I4 Q( Q) bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" Z. V8 q/ x' P% A# |3 Q1 v; |ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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8 B. i- D% ~( u4 g) XAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, M# m& ] l, s$ m* ^6 ^disgrasful and it should go away., T' ]& G: a/ L4 ~3 Z5 p7 a
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 M7 ^4 e6 G0 m) e# m; J. n" F: {
"z" and "w" with "v"., p4 B I. G+ \$ j- k4 F
! w, Q( T0 ~7 m& c/ N* c; yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 ~3 a9 ?. Z0 F( q- i8 d
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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. Q; `9 T3 F& y% yZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, O; X0 C1 _) [8 h# junderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 R1 ]# n2 e6 a/ }! l- E
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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