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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
/ f' C, F- X8 A$ h1 Qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ t# E) t" V `
the other possibility.; [4 a' V8 {, a. f
" b/ P( D' j% e; AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 M, j q6 O/ g% a3 q$ aspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 }0 ^1 O8 ~& b3 N/ ^plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: ]6 B2 r! V& u6 S) \
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% P2 B3 L h( N$ a. D% h# Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.! V: j+ _2 _) r: k1 F& C
( P0 D: \0 O* jThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% M4 @, T& f9 o8 d8 I9 a7 E
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 a' r$ s, C# G( ]4 l. v/ F( E
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 w# O# i% o9 g# E, r$ ]: [troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 v b$ Z7 M2 d# n. W; Vfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to2 p% E. {* }( i& T/ m# K* t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. C* v! X7 d b/ T0 S6 @2 pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) r* }/ l) U# nben 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% ^3 P6 Y# [3 S" A* n( v) F
disgrasful and it should go away. ?' T# E* Q4 }. M) j# b: x5 o
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 t" E/ X2 L q3 g2 ? Z
"z" and "w" with "v".5 F, |+ p5 `8 Y' V
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- ?1 c4 m3 p) L+ z- \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: h ~0 q, R# y+ k9 O
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) i% H- P: a" w! |* s0 Aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- A/ t. m, E: bUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: y$ R- m9 b n* b3 F& [, Z' W
forst plas.6 }1 e; r- K0 l. I
2 Y# Q% E3 ~2 C7 {" w4 q4 \7 MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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