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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- D% f2 g6 h7 ` I( t" w
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; K5 z* \( R8 n5 n
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: \) D0 v+ ]- ~8 A) Vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, Z8 Z' W) c7 G; b. m! kplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". A9 ]4 F% T0 j- I; Y% D, y% P! E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; T8 ^2 {0 ~4 g
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 q2 Q* d3 r5 t; z( L
c# \6 v1 i& a" Q) a1 ^The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 ]% n8 f) t! a1 B: O9 S
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% B w, b( ^9 @4 m0 g6 X
fotograf 20% shorter.
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) M4 u) c: r1 w6 o9 i8 JIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. E. q) ^0 L4 g# V8 L6 a+ E# Q5 `; Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 s" U" e+ G. a2 J: ~# w1 V
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: m- t6 Q9 ?6 gben a deterent to akurate speling.
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0 z1 N& ~1 S5 L2 f+ h# iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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: `3 S3 F2 l( P U0 U% ~8 fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ g* z7 M6 K* K+ N. M
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 r7 \" e+ y$ j& ~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
9 v+ @" `: q/ h" V `understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# [: o0 s/ ^9 d a
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. C& Y' O' b& a) i; \# n' |
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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