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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 @! n8 D4 i) y/ `$ K1 q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
$ g3 x) M" a/ _) E/ r( c7 x# ythe other possibility.$ y) c# p/ O2 r) v0 Q
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 Q. x3 _, p, B5 y4 j$ {' H
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, M. r0 k' [1 b2 {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! a5 g- a$ z0 w3 @3 w2 J) s
the sivil servants jump with joy.! X" a3 ~% \5 P9 C8 Y
, Z7 ]& H& B) R* T1 o- EThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, H! J M9 k4 \
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 k% w y: S0 N
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: A/ U9 o) h, j1 W# SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. c5 \9 N' H& i$ [2 S2 Vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 F Y6 c( p0 J$ Q
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& [' [) i9 r; H- _# {' g7 }9 I: vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ [1 }4 F6 C; y* _2 J7 Z
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 B! V5 b9 j6 ]- T, P9 k3 [ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' H) t! G3 S- r6 x9 n! |Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 r3 W+ J n" g# B
disgrasful and it should go away.5 I; M3 ^% G- }: M' W8 W6 C) B2 }/ Z
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 V& K$ |" [7 ]1 P2 w- j
"z" and "w" with "v"., Y2 ]- g# b: F1 I/ d
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" Q" }" x" Q! ~7 R+ s5 ^
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 tu
+ Y. H% J- W! [8 Yunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" K- J Z9 s/ y G# t! l; `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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