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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 S. {) a* _8 z: V0 ]
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% o/ P5 V% V+ R8 H7 a1 Z r. L: p
the other possibility.4 B0 Z2 n* l% b' W0 \
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, h3 |8 c' k3 jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% Z, u! q1 n+ L. v( T9 `6 n# oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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* ^4 }. k! e- j M8 ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# j* A7 {4 ?* K
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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; {- K1 D6 C. R' NThe 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 the" g c3 W% H7 L8 v! R3 L" c L
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
% x: b+ y+ K& h, H/ Tfotograf 20% shorter.' r9 O9 C( J4 M0 ?6 w8 O( y
8 G: ~! e- N4 C/ X" W* UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ b8 o" p' x5 C; @2 C
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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g T! a9 L c' b& E' nGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
N J( Y U8 W3 K- J; Bben a deterent to akurate speling.0 m( R, v# F9 R. J, V/ }( s# t1 s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- F2 C7 b8 E7 I* f5 x& C3 Mdisgrasful and it should go away.4 X/ K$ A z8 D2 y7 }
% e/ ~7 v/ \2 H( p& pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* ^2 V6 |: J- \7 |: h8 ]) r) ^- ^9 V
"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 I+ r- Y9 h& r! m2 l* r- ZDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 W$ k6 z. S5 X6 u+ ?2 z6 u% ^3 [
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
/ a @+ j; @, vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, u& I! J! T6 k% w! j |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& o2 l& G. u; ^. C
forst plas.! T+ f, Q1 F% j+ Q2 S* a# ^
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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