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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 x+ A7 x' K& J
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 V8 V+ ^8 {2 q+ u- l' ]
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7 b0 Z( [# |' |7 @: y+ w ~3 GAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 q8 S0 e, X0 J! z b
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( M p! Z3 z6 |8 h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 M- P9 _& w% N( j! m
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
6 o4 [7 |8 b' m8 _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 Z) x" ?4 i4 H/ Y! g6 p
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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; M8 \4 y4 g, d7 kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 ~0 {* e8 Y# \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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* @ q5 T9 {$ w% l* A& d* u% L, lIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 e: p a) _! M. m: v5 P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ ?/ j) w! m. n2 ?3 P9 } p; k4 j* ^Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# R2 W c1 m( q* Z$ Z/ R* Bben a deterent to akurate speling.7 i3 J& Z- [6 G8 w7 |- z* Z. t5 Q
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
& B# k' t* `+ x; X+ X+ Ldisgrasful and it should go away.' h! f# Y& H) h$ _
) v x9 k6 }* ^0 t1 _# t& XBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 M: w0 C& a. M( }" S
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* _; D/ a( C- b3 {: O: u h l
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 F& N4 t- R8 p+ Q5 [- K7 s! mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
W8 c' v2 X* F/ nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 { ], T3 G6 l2 j% n4 _$ t4 b" Z& ?Und 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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