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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 w7 m- u( o% w$ X# ~$ O' K- K/ `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was0 u( ?& s& D! J* a9 W
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 O. H5 u, r* G' `1 r, o9 E0 ? z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ @. y8 T! R/ `7 Q3 t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 F6 }# v$ M' c
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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6 \. Z, B" B/ A, O1 h( KThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 f6 {1 E9 B2 y y, D* u# J6 L2 ~
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 B# k$ V3 V3 I2 d9 J
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; L7 k7 P. S! {2 j) d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# X/ a9 x2 t }" ]- n
fotograf 20% shorter./ t* n" x. E3 o, T" }4 U
( I6 {1 h8 E/ [' x& dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# P) a1 U2 \" r, p2 r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, q0 P& z( _ u! i" b2 }# s8 }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 q" O+ x1 `/ S1 _2 H0 q
ben a deterent to akurate speling.* A) M5 T0 R4 X6 Q/ K# J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( y# h2 a1 a4 h7 E/ y, `
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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r- s9 ?6 v* F9 R) c8 J" k5 tDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 b, a! v, X9 ]/ r
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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$ i. @" I/ q. n' x* U, A f- Q9 BZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 a" s! U+ e1 x0 v6 c( kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. W( h, u7 o2 V
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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