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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' Q1 w: r6 r. x# {0 w# A+ a( c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& @" V4 f! c& Q8 T' j# I1 @
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; v- D1 \5 r+ \' o; P% d3 a
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 d* g! {( |1 i# K" \+ P: R. o+ X
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 D6 Z* H3 O1 w y% ~% F
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. u( a0 L$ X6 K5 E3 ^9 F
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 a1 K* m! l! f0 I U+ s; qThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 e1 E# L! ^$ s, x5 d% t( T/ A
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* _- o e7 `% ttroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 J6 u* m, L1 I; I7 G4 |& t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 t; [# ]4 m- _* I; j$ A
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 W+ b7 N( c: J1 S) @
ben 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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! v. c/ S# K( e$ Y
"z" and "w" with "v".8 x9 e6 g! F6 ~* B' i- [
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( S0 g: \8 U6 y' I/ q, h
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. X3 d' Q2 w$ c) D
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 s: X6 J1 d* p2 M# @+ J: {; T; I/ _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; e9 b( E1 ~- [Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze# i% B0 M3 U# U; {: P. ^2 p
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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