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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will3 B, q! N. S( Y; g2 f4 j1 H5 q$ _
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 w* V8 K3 I( p, D- S
the other possibility.; V1 ^, i( _6 v( A6 \3 u8 |
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
# w! U$ k) [0 ^4 r$ ^( ^spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 w2 z4 \4 V. c& b# t1 kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, p4 h P5 l7 C( @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( I' h r$ ]4 W7 K0 M( [
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ \1 g2 N7 q% X2 T8 C
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! A6 |$ V+ n+ {. H
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 F- y- b& M7 dtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like0 f9 w) R$ U) E; [! a
fotograf 20% shorter.* n1 \! a$ | j
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# O9 {* f9 I; l1 L( Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ Q( B" i$ Q$ j: p
ben a deterent to akurate speling.8 h8 S& d% m+ P) Y8 r9 f) Q& y
]/ m! D0 [1 x [7 v6 rAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ f% ^2 l @; J0 Q: _. E
disgrasful and it should go away./ q7 U) w4 x' u+ l9 w& [; m
0 a" x7 X* p3 r3 G$ j m/ pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( Q/ b' Y* D* S7 A. X$ r$ `3 F( R8 V
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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$ C/ L0 X8 C: oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 c. X# V9 B& b, P: k! uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& x; c" _) r7 d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: x r, \0 |5 f
forst plas.
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2 Z5 p& O- m; x, pIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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