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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 r: j: n3 I1 Qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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- P, e$ ]/ m( G7 X8 o% BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. R, @% C2 C' T' L' O% o( ?' R8 u7 h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 a$ e% ]! ] u* D. f! tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! f! B" G5 X6 o! cIn 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
: B9 ]) A: x( i$ a( g# }& ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 z* a+ L/ J& `% Q N4 ~ D
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
) _2 i3 H/ q$ U4 f5 N7 Cfotograf 20% shorter.
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: H# c/ U' j5 r; x6 zIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' E: t* \1 F) Z5 s1 B# |/ l
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) O9 [) g4 y" p! S( Y% oGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; J" [) K. p: K/ b% Vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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) c% V& R' n x2 i, PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* W- i- Z' b2 \; n) h$ l0 F3 p& c
disgrasful and it should go away.
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" ~/ U8 n4 f3 J# s' n& Y' G2 ZBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( u1 |8 v1 h3 H$ {' _( b$ E+ b
"z" and "w" with "v".
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6 e6 }5 Z$ L" \6 K w; S" C7 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( l& d2 t4 C# @! u
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ T* K1 M B5 r: w* p
' M5 s# P* i6 x) b& E, B4 HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 C' q0 a2 q- y/ Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ P9 u2 V( z: t6 q t# JUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# {5 \' a$ F3 r
forst plas.
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' R9 S2 {3 V2 m( \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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