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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* g2 q i: Y7 w8 P u
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' N+ M* {0 J' [- q W
the other possibility.( b- c1 U2 U% B2 a: ~( l/ l
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
( K J- g$ a; ]' ^$ f( ^7 tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in9 V9 [1 ~4 J) v9 v$ N6 Y: t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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. A# J% p2 p {: D# ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, Q2 N" s& n [2 p Athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up& @9 g, d4 u3 R. x* r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 K o5 b9 o4 E# P& _
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# L; T- l, F0 \ ^5 z% R' Btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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) g. L( P# K3 |: {8 U( jIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 ]' F- p4 f4 q$ }% W- V
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 @) z; R( C: r* g; K
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 S0 I1 y+ C0 l6 j! R ~3 N% O
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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, v" R# N' n- H- X- R. N+ y! N9 EAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, h2 R4 l+ z! B( c6 }6 ^0 ~5 i' M1 ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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" P5 f6 }! N5 x9 Z+ B' C$ D! O6 F7 pBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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. G3 Q5 R$ ]' P+ v4 R8 v. X0 LDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 Q* M8 a2 ]4 g0 v* ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 A' F1 u$ r( M b
# f1 y) L% S# A/ G3 XZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 i/ f1 G) O, S$ E* u5 x) V# S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ z4 A# _, h0 R7 p1 F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 W1 i/ j% F+ N8 Y0 M- W+ k& C3 K
forst plas.
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