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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will4 Y2 K* C; s0 h5 [- H- @$ }+ V% f
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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, i p; I0 H7 Z3 j) z) b# sAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! \, d. b* ?* k" L& ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in _% E' f( i7 A* X; m& F7 r
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ J7 o" M) f3 O
# w1 [+ G% ?/ T6 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 y; |4 G% Q S( M! P
the sivil servants jump with joy., q' \8 I8 J; B' \& N; v
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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
- I* D" c: I. D3 F4 A* G Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% c9 S( l; n3 i$ r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# D) [. s0 z% O3 F& s. TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ^- e7 L4 g6 u! n9 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+ W1 L" s7 q/ P
disgrasful and it should go away. l: u7 ?7 ^8 a: K9 J8 o
5 D9 _ e0 l- O& wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
' ]5 p9 a0 ]+ k, _8 xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& {, [1 o, ~- H5 Y$ ?Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 ~( E y" I& ]6 {1 q" G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. r/ D3 E: Y4 D w1 Q8 T, \
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- `3 A4 |# Z3 T, k, M
forst plas.
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& Z& T P! F5 l8 f( G! vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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