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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
) n" V' x% z, d4 jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ K( B' H8 K8 n" qthe other possibility.
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* ^- {# _: B W- T* i: TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
* P9 T. {3 h8 E. bspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. c5 a; \8 l9 s! S0 e% k
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 h' H# @0 D! c, v9 k" k1 v% [! E
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 e7 t9 |; v# a; M
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
$ H0 O" F" K r1 J: x" f0 g2 kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: z8 Y, O1 T/ \; Z
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- `; J* [8 o6 \3 ]
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like/ u# q' `; @ X6 I/ ?, ^# Z6 X
fotograf 20% shorter.8 [' w" K0 T- v" @
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 t# E* [1 j. l/ X$ lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., {! b+ N# l2 [, y
3 o! e- c. J/ {! Q3 F7 zGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# r6 g _: z/ X V# n8 a3 t/ s8 dben 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
) `. ^: J: ^& K8 a4 k4 Gdisgrasful and it should go away.- a5 @/ i: L+ P9 ?' G. T# k4 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 S( W5 v( j- d/ R2 G$ L* X" |
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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" o( @$ I! L8 I( y& zZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! ~1 l7 E9 M+ o" A& c6 s' o9 o
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
m: b7 s* p3 n; Y* X t) cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
" K& B/ |3 S3 L3 `* T$ f1 F4 oforst plas.
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) H5 a8 D2 K6 b/ e& aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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