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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ V i) u+ ]0 Y" b6 d
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was3 ]* ?3 l4 ^; {+ g& Y8 L) g
the other possibility.1 N. I3 v8 I$ }0 [- j# p. } M
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 g* E/ m1 w6 X# e7 O2 Z8 cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! N8 Z0 O& N! x. k" k2 Q; @7 Zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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. N0 I; F `, H. g% wIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ ]% x- K" z9 `7 wthe sivil servants jump with joy.2 I' g C# ^: X. O# f7 N% d
0 `& @1 v5 J: IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: k6 n+ |' m5 u6 l6 R6 n( S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; f* r8 { b, b( Y
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( z. q( `& R' C- h- W
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- A m$ D) t4 w
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; h) t* J% X6 t% y, U9 H1 Z' f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 C; Z- S# M9 h; S& w; X' c
9 ~$ F& }) I! d, ~! cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 J' i9 x8 I, K/ ]: T* {2 u8 {ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 ]* d2 g1 V: z/ \8 W) p6 i( T
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( J8 x" S) h, K8 q9 x4 }
disgrasful and it should go away.: Z/ z4 }7 ~* v, S4 B
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( }5 _9 h: t$ I. F3 e$ K+ H" O
"z" and "w" with "v".
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0 H/ f, j+ O5 y1 B# J* Q yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# Q+ J& x4 E% q4 z* U* L$ @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 e% r6 f9 G7 I/ A
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" i/ G/ R8 a z$ M, p' uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. V& N+ h0 c$ L% V; A/ m5 E
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, @( I; T& x; B1 e( A
forst plas.5 W* `# K( H3 t$ P$ V" @! y7 {8 b
( v5 ]) E4 Q( t& YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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