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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 ~. @. j, q; ?( U
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ h6 R3 w# Q( u* {! u3 P8 r
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) }; F3 P* V0 Y5 o
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; j$ b8 ^& p: U
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) `# }: u7 ?$ [4 T2 @) T
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 Z- {; K) B8 \7 o* b9 T) D
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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% @- W! `% p" i$ p! w# f- B
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 C5 n1 A% V0 a+ f
fotograf 20% shorter.
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: A( l R3 O3 q9 D9 `, hIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# p" i( L$ j$ \8 o& \1 ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# b: q8 q) K1 i1 I9 b) n5 VGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ p `0 _. d) q0 K5 sben a deterent to akurate speling.% B8 u% i- r) E- S3 ~4 v7 k
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" E9 t" Z* H* n5 `1 J& z
disgrasful and it should go away.
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9 b& c/ k/ Z+ mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) d. i& a) Y) ]: `: ^
"z" and "w" with "v"., s8 A, t. e9 o- Y9 v% V
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# [. n- U( d" f* P2 n
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ Q4 ?& o0 [' ~/ G5 t6 ?
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 n' r2 u5 \8 X: z- I: t6 b
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 G" q, t# f% c l; EUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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