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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 l: F! R3 V3 H$ p1 z5 g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# ^4 t2 k7 e: D/ t& T2 s% R
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English r; s" w1 \- Y: \ a+ y/ i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 N! A$ g- `6 `& Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! X4 z& A, ~" ^* ?, r$ S- t
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 f+ _; [8 t4 {, H& |$ pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# k* @ G! `. M8 ~5 @
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! q3 V$ t u; z# `% U, ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% X% H- F/ |% [2 `
fotograf 20% shorter." ]' n N% T# `, j, N9 }
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 ]0 d- n8 Z) U; d$ treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ X/ c( S, }2 QGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 v- T. _, y8 [4 Fben a deterent to akurate speling.5 P4 F e* R7 V
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
1 P- z, ^) _ r! [+ F# y5 Kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- s$ p' O4 @3 b" L( \* Z
"z" and "w" with "v".9 U. f- U8 Z" j9 k0 H
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 r1 S. Z" D1 o
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 }( P( f3 r8 L) ]0 f, `
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
0 k3 m% m. ^" y9 T( R+ `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 R' x5 |8 B- g$ B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; e9 e5 |( d7 s3 X3 I
forst plas.
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0 a; [. x5 J j' aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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