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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 e$ S$ W: T* ] I% y* |
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 _6 ?* s7 @4 s g: p" K
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4 V0 V( d8 `: S1 t2 X0 r6 FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, t+ n5 g8 X# b8 ?: Pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 P {1 e" m: q$ L: _- K4 P+ d
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 r# W. z/ v. f3 f2 `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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$ ]" @0 S6 c* P* ZThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( O8 G8 w+ ~6 ]4 @) k" i( [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 c1 e- U- K$ z; d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
9 i# j; h# O, W9 G3 y# pfotograf 20% shorter.! A3 d% G8 e" D. {) u
0 [" D* r8 j S( J9 o2 M9 nIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( ^( O$ w9 _* x: ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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( ^& I1 Q/ F$ z. w- S! ~" p c) v1 DGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" L4 P J6 |/ o; I: Oben 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! m' r& C, Y1 w( o
disgrasful and it should go away.
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. ]. H: n b: Z; M L" ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ B. s& T* d, |! c! `& d9 `) F' x
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! T# r) n; r9 {6 L" Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- j8 ?6 g$ G' w: A/ S* [, u1 @Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 V4 E( W- k) [+ H, t
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 J$ Y) ~8 ]$ \; V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ c$ H8 O4 V# r4 e5 F$ fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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