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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will9 y& n0 h( C' g2 M# x H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ m+ `* a+ Z$ |2 ?( P! O
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 s: E- H' Z, S+ g2 r% c" D# K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in/ Z4 \) k# Q: K% [
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 Y* f1 L' o ^ u
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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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 the4 S+ Q P S Y3 s- D9 s
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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% \; S4 X& `, A, W! F3 w) p! s) LIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' P; N$ }9 c: ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 I: y% m: U1 J4 d, oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 \: c6 s4 `) X% I0 v+ X% B0 [
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! q& [" G) \" l
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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& |! O- O* H4 y8 V' yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ l) c- z/ @0 S% Y: W' J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# V5 d: m- M- d$ a. a! u
. V$ r+ `: u( e& Z7 ~Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 m. G/ ^# A( C0 |$ i
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, U+ @) _9 o$ d$ r0 h7 d# OUnd 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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