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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' W0 F- y) P' S+ }4 i$ M
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
/ N4 z$ L, N1 {# G: ~/ U" sthe other possibility.% L+ t0 c3 h0 H- |! c4 e7 e
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" G' @$ X# \' r; t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; `: k/ ~: U- l$ t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' _/ Q1 h" F/ YIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 X! `/ T, b: F% P3 Lthe sivil servants jump with joy.- P d, O7 k, p: D4 |3 ?% M
5 E/ l4 m, ?" w, JThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 ?' W7 q' ~, G4 Z! Tkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 {) ^/ ^ [) J
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3 z' e' H. v U4 VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ w0 [. L5 U* G( ^' q' o
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ y- V; m% f+ A5 U. k6 }2 d* j
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 u G1 a; d1 h1 V4 e* n0 T
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ S# q; |+ m% q( B4 ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 c! e7 u0 ~; T. _
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& U- E7 c) y& S- s- j2 F$ @2 h& a
disgrasful and it should go away.+ |) _4 h0 ?: [/ p1 Z3 ?
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" b4 h4 \. a7 J1 w: }
"z" and "w" with "v".* s' R& K! Y& z3 g! H0 n+ ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 S: e' q6 L% K. v; V0 h
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 tu9 |1 P; s1 d% n' N, I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 p2 |0 ]7 @* M. z! C& B. l" lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 E% i" e* m# m' i" `7 f
forst plas.
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* U! C' U: j# {+ F& t5 vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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