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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 J! M1 v. [3 @, a) v$ u3 qbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 ^3 Q% p" Z9 i1 T+ c3 [/ R
the other possibility.) x% |7 |& y0 E& B4 {8 i, g
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 G& Z" W: a, \$ r7 K" w* ?spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- D2 L4 e3 S. g2 `$ 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* s1 N1 V+ R" b% S) P& r: Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 a1 C3 L: O0 l5 W( Z$ Q# a; tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# m y0 d o) Z# N# ]8 B j# r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* K5 D) |% m2 m6 Z% y
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" W. N( x7 Q8 z/ }" W' r3 }5 q: U7 f' {There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 z" u) B7 x c Ntroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ a B8 v/ o, n# W
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; d. ] A0 T: E- x. s, V
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. G. f% I2 Y: ^) G
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
' z0 p* W8 @& K% qben a deterent to akurate speling.
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$ F" ?7 s# K+ r% R. [Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ M1 p' K7 X' [8 c0 w& j
disgrasful and it should go away.8 v5 U) X1 [6 x E- U$ F
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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
$ C/ a, X9 x0 u! A$ mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- |7 U! f2 V6 d; A9 c
" X: f- K4 z: N w- ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* F' o: A; [& i9 M8 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 r3 g. o0 U* H& B; P1 Y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ y" ^* A2 m$ E, ]4 }9 H( Z* m
forst plas.% t N" Y7 Q v
6 C' \1 ~8 I3 |: z+ @1 TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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