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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( J2 o* v1 R$ m& r0 X4 \) Jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ w( d$ S$ Y# e `$ y
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 ]; n8 C! `) `spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 w9 y) d" N, L/ X0 N
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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% D6 C5 X. s- f# ]3 o- F6 }! X; KIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, D- M. |. m& ^0 z
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 i; C! e# m$ A2 x. gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' B2 ~3 d+ S$ \) k/ F! bThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 s3 G! h- a% w8 l8 ^5 qtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ ^. g% q e4 v& D7 hfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! U( Y+ g7 g7 e2 Y& ?
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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- \: _' R; W: V' d1 ], r6 F" ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 A* K+ s9 f! D$ b) i
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& U; h/ G% a2 Y0 V2 V
" n% ~$ h" \4 I4 ^* A5 cAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
! {1 P2 q' m2 L5 y' e5 z+ {; ]disgrasful and it should go away.. o6 S5 S, b5 Z. m( f
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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"and4 a; M# d N% t* ~8 t7 t
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% k: ` f5 Z( p/ c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* m- i/ E; I( d0 Y7 A0 U9 e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ J9 V( T$ l& Q. ~* Q
forst plas., r, ^ G/ o1 {, H! W, H
! r. v3 w- p$ e2 E- r( E& g' r- NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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