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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ {, C5 H! c: N/ h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 e5 d% i4 a6 Jthe other possibility.* Q1 `' Y) f* Q* F7 x" ]
; B3 }; }7 @: U! bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 d* e' I9 U5 mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
' E0 s9 D% V" c: C1 A( hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: N$ i, X- c: bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 N4 \5 P2 t5 {3 Hthe sivil servants jump with joy.$ z+ p) P% e; Q1 ]4 Y' G0 M' U
6 H$ ?1 D% h+ H) C/ aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. ~. l1 d: w8 u- q! [3 T0 B5 bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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7 }: Q7 t6 M8 H/ U/ K ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
j! x, |; n+ ~+ @4 ?0 F+ ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 \% u" \- W7 W* u# W; r& D
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 e# \8 f0 s6 V8 Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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: n5 ]9 Z8 }' x; yGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 T; i; K2 r5 S0 n! x( I
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
% S; r* f8 _7 Vdisgrasful and it should go away.
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5 j, I; P( L/ q. J" KBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- E% M) H6 A3 Y7 s# h* j" _) f
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. H6 f' S' x5 @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ W2 Q+ [ D) v; u- }' g
0 C3 W; D+ ]1 v* Z, ]" F: I+ ~Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( ` O0 ?# W0 K y$ [7 L( Aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' }3 G/ D. L: r1 B* L: gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; N+ o @: K' B3 O( `
forst plas.
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* |+ ?9 [2 i( x0 f4 {4 P0 a% DIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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