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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: W1 @0 ?% ?& H/ c) M4 t( @" f T8 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' O7 m9 [; B e, l5 x0 PAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; K' T6 |& h: G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) k0 |" e& A# k: T
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 |3 i6 n: r; B% `' ^# S
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 m/ m4 A0 ]( a) g4 C! A
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 a- S5 H& C& w- I* G9 j' N! d
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% [2 Y1 K, M8 y0 ?* W7 l7 i
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 s% g7 e( v6 ~6 z% p' p8 P
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. n8 t& d, i f$ r$ \9 D3 R; XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& i5 v2 Y3 {$ Z7 itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. g& Y( [; H& K. t4 ]fotograf 20% shorter.
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3 R! G* l1 {+ ]/ H: gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 J1 I2 ~% F' S! A* w2 I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 @ v; `' G4 B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 q4 g% N$ r& L+ d2 w' J
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) ?) G7 x4 C6 u6 f
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% j, g2 P% B5 Vafter 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 tu8 ]- T1 |' @9 B4 X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.) r, x$ S" O9 b5 S! @& u
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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}& G$ c* s( C; M$ K& o) NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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