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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: G' z; `0 F, `2 {6 `2 S
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, @3 X% i2 R* a. q6 Q5 ?* `. M
the other possibility.8 W* \! P6 e* P
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, t; c; d. B5 }2 x, a/ ]3 Dspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. K. ]9 M& X D* D% Y& B) `
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* ]; t) Z1 R% z4 i& c: L% i
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 n! ?6 v. P1 z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) `: m: q- @! c2 g% n/ n& }" PThe 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 the0 J1 `* ~4 E; R
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 y" I1 H- F# @9 ^3 q7 j7 }
fotograf 20% shorter.0 E1 M8 l4 U3 Z+ T, m
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# n! u2 b) O$ z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 ?$ j' b% G& ?' p: y1 J
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 m; x& ?/ n4 r4 e
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' w7 a( t7 U3 B4 h
+ v( ^9 J5 n! u/ X* EAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is }+ ] A5 k: v) h/ T& Z* H5 [8 M
disgrasful and it should go away.
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* S, A" Z% I. Y8 ]' C+ B) BBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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0 s [' n/ @; ~ J4 ?* rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% {- Q: ^! w3 C, L7 k9 i" n ^, }
after 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
2 P4 B; Y* {# {1 F9 _understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 |' J) X& B: R! FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' o4 c9 ^, k' F H) q: S
forst plas.2 \4 O0 |5 g4 r& T* G; a9 v4 }
, I: l3 z- B0 ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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