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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will P. P( f% x- i) r0 W
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ n3 ~% V8 _/ B+ m* |" ?1 ^
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; t9 s5 L8 _, R0 S" J A5 R2 pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ t* d+ e' ]* A8 b4 j, ]; `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, X. c& `4 T+ N' [# i/ B1 r9 splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' p: T" D, W6 C9 R# j+ E$ H! fIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) t. h& s" S7 Z/ h' t! A& K% [ rthe sivil servants jump with joy.- V: }6 |: r- S' h1 R! w' o
8 O. V5 z# }$ l7 ~3 I9 i5 R- IThe 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 the3 R+ G; Q% r* a2 F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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2 l' a3 Y" M, ^- z+ E- Z& pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, \6 ]8 h" c" b1 t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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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 is
) I8 g1 i* z; @- Q9 u" t9 `3 odisgrasful and it should go away.
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7 P+ |9 N" D" c& ?7 B& \9 U) i1 H: RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
s3 I- K; y3 M" {8 Y1 g"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 [& `; B$ t2 G. E$ H% Y( L
after 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 tu
3 X- ^7 v7 ^8 N- P: Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 o* ^/ [, h. r4 g4 c/ m* ?% K
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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! o: L$ }* L6 \1 _If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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