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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ w0 w5 l; R# I6 K3 k7 e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# z1 ?- s% `1 N- I% ~" d \5 X
the other possibility.# o9 v) Y# |$ w+ `( t) c
5 i( K3 h2 F5 E7 t0 l% D5 H* _; U+ oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 Y2 I' W B1 `* t( Z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 |. m$ }3 S/ ]) b, j: I" @& iplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& P, q. y1 ^' \( E" R& I5 N& p
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 K9 _% I1 k) [! B$ }0 P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) i- h+ f* O4 D, R9 E$ f; ]" ~
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* k( Q2 L% Q- P& J5 V* T* Atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% ]* R0 m* x2 U+ e$ a# G7 t
fotograf 20% shorter.8 x% L& q$ Q3 p& m
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! n0 I( Q; o8 r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 g0 i/ y$ W6 g* d' k) G
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 L. h! Q6 u* X+ k3 M- s
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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5 [! j, g- j" D( o+ q% T) pAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 u# `1 [5 `6 a; Y& X; ^; g9 C5 N( p
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 e; ?; d5 h" N9 kBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ z5 ~3 f' f. t# R
"z" and "w" with "v".
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6 ~6 G( y! d" h5 G' W1 v& @During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# C$ ?1 P# J: {3 H3 N4 M0 z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' F) z6 Y) T# J# ]6 S$ `4 Y
+ m" T% @+ u) X: bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" q4 I% B5 t( \) Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" b9 j+ i" E( B& n2 u- f4 rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' q- ], L0 D' b/ T. D
forst plas.
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