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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 ^2 I) O( u: v. }! P
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was: C! l4 u/ c1 l, |( x% S1 i
the other possibility.) s$ Z& g* L- D# Q% D
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* k1 W- D* J4 W s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 i: e' U- U# l% t6 x' Tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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& f: U, N" `6 I) }9 _+ VIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- H' T- w6 j! I" m/ H5 X% `) {% ithe sivil servants jump with joy.9 a( ~1 \; h5 c( J, _4 O* ^
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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 the
1 Z3 e3 ]0 t* q: F; U3 `troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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; V- ~( Z9 O9 c1 P$ d" @8 ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% l' y1 T) M4 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& m3 m6 p1 i8 j& J/ l2 R
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
% @: e! s% h- B" p9 d6 Mben a deterent to akurate speling.. U, d! N. H5 D6 Q3 j! r
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 @' L5 W+ w& ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* e! O+ c$ [3 |"z" and "w" with "v".
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+ B" Y7 m8 K! |5 TDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) i& [' H2 ?" D* L: p/ l! lafter 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
. q! P$ ]) U2 g3 z4 cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% Y! z; J8 I' VUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 t3 `8 }( o0 U: m* e
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! @1 t3 y# ]) N/ p% z/ oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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