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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( j/ k0 V6 K3 E, E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ H; Q1 w4 z$ r+ V+ L% j6 q
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ h9 S* y$ g" h, @2 [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) j$ ~' l. W+ j' splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, ^3 A0 v6 ~6 M/ @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; H. k: Y% b/ F9 H9 u7 gthe sivil servants jump with joy.( a ^" i) y- Y
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, z7 ~) M" ^# K4 A' m# f
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.1 D3 ^) M. B4 X0 t
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& B4 z) M; b1 n- x2 k
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! j/ t4 ^" B2 K% l9 k9 @" j
fotograf 20% shorter.0 d8 F2 k; i* Q/ e$ V% k, x3 d: h
- u6 j1 @# W0 |In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 v, X! A! p! k' v8 Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 ~/ v& N. F0 X p: v& J D
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& x. i8 Y; x/ _$ ?0 zben 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 L, C$ S- H! q5 i( B7 b0 Ydisgrasful and it should go away.
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8 R% P7 y6 g3 F$ xBy 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* c9 t" h; S5 T
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
5 y: e0 ]) n1 M) qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# G! ?; K4 }- q( m2 @' JUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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