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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; y0 V% B$ V; _
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( }3 z; v* U$ b
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* \; x9 R1 Q: u. T
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 j% B6 R6 M6 j% D( zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* O8 q0 _0 \3 [0 Z8 n% D
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 x" [% Z% z- T1 u6 [! d1 P- c5 E M
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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5 V) v3 n$ X( ^0 w0 ?* e. [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& G3 A2 Y. c3 d% _. Y+ G/ ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 ^( m9 F2 Y; w% UThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 l$ G8 h5 Q: V, Z+ N- G8 c6 z+ R) J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. B: X1 w3 H+ l) \* R) Ufotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 y4 a6 s" w) w8 D8 \
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments 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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 y+ r4 y" C5 ?6 e: |
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* y! r+ h3 b- r7 d( V4 i. D# H
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; I" p) t- b; }5 F. w
: A( l& m ]! C3 u) \+ S- gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& P: r! ]2 e4 m# x+ \$ Dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 M2 T1 S* |, j) S. CUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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+ Q; Z+ I- [9 m# x6 e8 d5 w' @: h/ KIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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