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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 G M' S% V' a$ ?9 {be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
9 P, Q, X6 u. w' O% e$ \! athe other possibility.! ~! y5 I7 i5 {) j, S
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English2 L$ t$ H J6 e) i! o
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ g7 k Q. W2 F$ J9 A/ ^2 }; ]
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: }( B+ X- Z! D7 t# t1 e( d# S
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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" ^9 P$ ]% r$ GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! L6 A9 _" K: [2 ?troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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5 {% Q8 a; Q, J3 a8 t" O# p) i Y. ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. `6 N& n+ o9 P; O! [+ M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) O( Y' {2 J1 n' c; IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" ^$ S$ [3 D3 {( Q; |/ z! O$ M2 o! }7 h
ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 N+ G. [$ u, b# n
# G9 K7 _+ V$ lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 r( f! N' G% H9 p# l9 f/ odisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 x' h6 q' U: K% S2 R: {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 Z- A/ J, f z+ _( x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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8 g( X: ?% f% L) U1 iZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* { f% C# }& {: z% K+ ~; u8 Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& R! K& @; G. F/ @. @$ ~# Z5 @" _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze( e! A5 f/ n, X$ I1 V
forst plas.
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# w. W# V8 J+ s: N' DIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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