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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 w; N7 T0 m7 R7 H! |# p
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was5 b' Y2 R# a2 _6 h4 K* Y
the other possibility.
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( b' j( L4 r# z, V* I. T4 \As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English' g$ t& K% {3 M; p4 S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' A" T/ l7 p( @" b& _
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* Q3 f; x1 K- U f
# s9 ?' u3 k2 D1 k. h$ FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( Y! N; B b: {8 _7 s6 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' }6 B% F! y* vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. z8 A! E# A4 h$ B$ _, \: @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like' D+ Q6 S' e# k- ^# q" |
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' Y( h& e8 @% u% R. R
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 |/ l/ {( f0 vben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 P1 h; ~" `) [4 s/ rdisgrasful and it should go away.9 N# v' P& s2 ~" Q' X
8 ~! X! e \+ L4 _5 MBy 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
0 f l2 p$ i: Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., s( F8 z- K; T" i( a
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu, `+ Y- {/ @+ i6 O2 B3 K
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( W, j Q& ]7 y( i4 WUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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, W, o( X- r# F. k0 f `If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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