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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ `+ ^6 ]* `! X, a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 ~- t( O0 x) M. Q
the other possibility.
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( j7 b" b- B$ {8 o( n& T5 r' \3 E! `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English c$ d% ]4 E7 W/ f9 d0 O2 B2 k
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 j7 r- j4 [" [
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* I' H# W" b0 ~1 j, A4 ]& b
the sivil servants jump with joy.# Q& B# S) e1 R4 x/ M' H- o
' m( B; Y. ~# V/ Z+ W: t0 S% k$ IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 k$ b* I# B' i1 l% d6 h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; S0 m& b8 j) L# Z1 k; n. zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 y6 V' Z. M: C5 m2 xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 M# _* _ C t
fotograf 20% shorter.
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b/ r0 d# H3 n5 e( N; V9 iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; D; ~% i5 T! |) u) n% q6 ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: B9 I* L+ s. G6 X( e" V# }' ]
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( E. g8 E! J* w: W& Z
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
% M8 A: |: ?* R9 A1 ~4 }disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 X' k3 c8 g1 A1 u Y, oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) V1 N7 E: j5 ^# X2 k* L
"z" and "w" with "v".! }/ W& F K7 ?2 C8 W% S( q
9 s3 r0 N" |# {9 @During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- {% f2 y) L: [+ V, g; Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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; p& v! z3 |: J& L( v3 E" P! uZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. q, G' `0 V% l- yunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 X9 _2 H3 B1 o {" m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- O5 h7 |: J8 r3 A, O: {2 |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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