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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ i7 Q: ]9 k5 T' p, r" O
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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/ T r7 ?" B7 F: \As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- I7 F6 e1 h, i* K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 Z1 Z' G; H6 C0 I4 U0 Y9 a
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 t/ _1 @& k4 x# J& s z, nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 l( i/ h# r) a8 `9 L. l6 X
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The 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' z1 t. U6 ~1 D$ H
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. P8 L9 P. F' i+ E8 y
fotograf 20% shorter. u# g; {$ |% ^% F$ n7 d/ i( \2 g! M
$ s0 X5 y! L4 r" U! ]7 mIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, s: m0 ?/ u5 z3 [0 a: X: sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' U- f7 C* q4 {, w( n6 C' U
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: h; k7 o' k& _- a7 U4 ^! X
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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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% Z+ g6 |7 c+ n1 ?
"z" and "w" with "v".
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% `" f7 m# h, G8 p O8 V3 NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 \ f. j2 p* I. k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: \5 A9 y: t! s
P6 q% p7 _8 c9 `Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu& e" `7 c% q* B; i# I& n0 K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; a; U2 C# A- hUnd 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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