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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 a- L& Y/ N- E( |+ g0 a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- A+ L; ?; ?. W$ ^) V
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English! B/ [. X _& W* C/ p, m: ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 R9 I( U2 t- P, [- Q
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* H3 {0 i8 f1 |( a0 R# T
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 O0 H0 ~$ L7 |8 V) p
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) G1 h2 M9 ] Z: }" n$ m
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* c" A: n+ J2 AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 e# O: l+ t. F! l2 }2 e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 k& j$ N) ?+ ?0 q) S( K( {
fotograf 20% shorter.1 l! q5 ]. e; c7 @. C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 `% A: T* J( C# B2 k. sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: k7 {0 ^1 D0 O/ b8 i1 J4 ~
- s4 {* \4 b1 }$ d! v" pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
t: T$ A# J! K5 A0 odisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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b* V7 R$ a! |9 z0 ~During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ F4 I# h; O; g* N" A7 o: t# _
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" y4 ~9 o1 S4 _6 |; ]. `0 K/ x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 ?/ a6 G- H4 GUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 g: O$ x9 |, I; X A$ r) I# m- [
forst plas.
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7 [) X# e. @$ M% M& UIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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