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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- T3 y4 y9 [. b8 \: a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' z! g' S% Z) ^* o3 |; pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" [$ \. }3 N2 H4 W: J4 P8 R
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 G+ V+ V; x- E9 A ] _: K
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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# p9 D+ N$ H6 ~% z; OIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( r. u0 l. v$ w7 v5 L9 u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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- C q4 s! I) Q7 F/ v! AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ V% h2 P' F x7 x* r
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 b' t, x& T3 K& W7 pfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( ~+ c' v- Q r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) E4 @1 D0 p1 {* C7 N x6 f
7 l, R, C, b4 y+ ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 @6 U( F& P( b$ ^$ m
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' }* Q. }/ [, b% ?. ^( D6 J& YAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ f4 c# u% Q* U5 S3 F
disgrasful and it should go away.8 Q) j4 Q' b. i) x" P, E
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By 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" Q4 g1 i& r0 o& O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& X+ J8 l1 G3 j
# f0 O" @# j; n/ Z: AZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ ]* R0 I* X! P# l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." r: M2 m$ ?8 ^6 Y$ ]3 C) s( P
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ s' ~7 f$ c6 B2 c7 b
forst plas.
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4 W* a, z/ f$ `+ T+ OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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