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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
' H, B& G/ S2 a& q' ^4 r ?1 tbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, X" s5 g- j0 ~5 q0 A* K' m
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English% V* ?! h( S* w, e T3 c
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! _4 ~' v2 A1 L9 _, Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 K7 f {: N" J0 `. J/ T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% d- N# Y7 @! Uthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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6 Y% R" W8 `( e$ a) tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 j) U; d2 N; O2 K, Z3 Skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the, P2 b" e2 ?& @2 h3 j
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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% `; O3 J* p. d6 S5 M/ o4 u0 wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# l, ]. I9 a l8 I+ p
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 B0 Y( J' J) S
) o) F! z6 f6 jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 o. f3 _3 q: u& m
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' K6 M3 R2 A/ ^* [0 n: Z. o J
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" X4 o% g |2 e9 j
disgrasful and it should go away.
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% y( c/ W* h$ b7 g$ CBy 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 n* s6 B: J6 T8 z$ H; C) f' O) o9 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- N" ^6 ? o5 O; m& a t
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- q9 Z2 d m7 I& ~
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( d: C7 J- V' V/ l+ C+ u( o* _
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: u, o/ }* k) U2 x' r& Q+ j. ZIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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