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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" M4 H) I7 {* r$ F1 kbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( e7 I7 B9 P5 [3 k) }' y d7 Sthe other possibility.3 n& O' o; r5 P0 q7 `( P
! g! [0 ]% ^+ k7 D7 |2 v0 m* hAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 l1 [& L: t: l+ P- h! _( {
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ e" ^5 U1 F' xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* L5 \( k, L+ k1 W
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# q; b3 X- O2 Z( O* D1 Athe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" _( N- d1 z: r5 J' G) z4 ]konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.3 E/ Q8 u5 g! z" e
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2 j! F; ^* D3 p5 G& v9 P. U% TThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. M6 Z( N* m) \+ Xtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 E. `3 Z! O7 F( f0 x* ]
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, \- t$ [ L2 z) e) ureach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. M8 }. Z, C8 |- p! ?. C1 Q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always l: |# G7 ]5 }! }. y Q
ben a deterent to akurate speling., T$ j9 ?5 X' V E# ~
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 n) w1 ~& L! |# n; N9 Bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 Y9 b2 Q: k& h! K e; _! Z
"z" and "w" with "v".
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- G& x% e' J: Q' \During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, Q% X6 f2 n) T: n+ J# S, V( a0 }( I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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* M% z# Y' p+ y4 P, pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 `# K3 @' l3 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( V9 U4 v& d3 s( t7 e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
" ]6 E6 c- L7 T/ l6 }! Z3 hforst plas.
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