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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, ]5 H z! b/ h+ @, ~ dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 g" y p( w% s: u! B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% ~3 Y7 y5 L7 W; i% }$ tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 F, K# r- E1 i' W
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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
3 F& K7 `1 p: l R& A' nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 ~. Q! P2 O/ Y6 x% z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 j) B; b& Z3 R% o
fotograf 20% shorter.
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/ Q1 M$ D$ K1 L" vIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! F5 H c+ k/ l' `9 I1 H, \$ |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 B$ ]& e# q/ f4 {6 _
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* c+ J$ J( k6 O7 z6 T! {
disgrasful and it should go away.' |2 p0 u4 p3 `% ^; [
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ C5 B9 a3 L( p3 h
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, m8 L- g) r. _During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 P$ p% g- J' E/ C+ M
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
4 L: n3 v7 c _4 h+ I: F6 hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& N/ v! D/ i2 p( S) ?' V S5 y4 SUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* U4 h4 A( W$ h' TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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