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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, e/ I8 r' |# V2 V$ f
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 w+ X/ f$ l$ g* j8 Z$ F0 Z- E# G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* t& w/ W: H+ [7 l' i) n
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ F$ o( i: |; L" L# |: y2 Y: _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 `; g3 c( g5 ]3 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." `1 ~, N3 n! L+ w( h5 J1 g
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! b/ L: k5 P: |: B4 p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 k( c2 u* q) o. D/ K) e/ ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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a, o @) }2 ]In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) `$ G8 c5 M# Q% O& o
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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: l9 ?2 S w5 X, x9 pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
* y8 w$ }& [0 K/ \$ L% u* _disgrasful and it should go away.
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" S& P {. G" X: b# Q4 \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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8 t% E% r8 D9 n5 G: U8 \5 w6 n2 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 r1 u- g# M' d& _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
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& h4 m: g6 y& x. hIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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