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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
7 I1 K, F5 R( g/ _$ B& e: s( U8 Abe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
0 ~, w. I& W m+ x( A6 {) nthe other possibility.
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) Y' h: [3 q2 X* z% l* j- QAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 [; L) E9 v) s d' n2 B% b Tspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in q0 H0 ~5 H; V. v5 O+ M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. v& j, J+ F" s8 z, E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 w2 q$ M3 e* S+ y
the sivil servants jump with joy." Z: h8 u5 g% o- s( P) U, Y
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* H% C7 J8 E+ o v0 Y* o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* K& ?2 K* Z# _4 H! \" w& L; q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) j; h' f/ \5 r5 ?/ k% y' S E v
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 d: r1 H* X8 B; [
fotograf 20% shorter. n3 I$ {) W7 H5 w. a% a
! H1 m3 g4 i6 o# Z2 H& aIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 b7 C. c' \" o: e" O+ u) |reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' E1 Q7 f% S* e& C8 L) E/ _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; y& {$ ~+ A) J
ben 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
6 b6 K$ Y+ g, \- w, a* q0 B+ }0 ddisgrasful and it should go away.
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4 X3 _# M4 \; ]7 }' ZBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
" D9 X1 q+ a$ k' U$ u"z" and "w" with "v".
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3 t W" B0 l( Y3 N2 U" b7 c) H) YDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) L" d( I2 B" {/ {, Hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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5 R* v; K i. ~3 l$ S2 S% A7 jZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- p) V, o6 r1 c+ w3 F$ m
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ S5 k0 R$ E) q/ H0 u+ p, O8 pUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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9 q9 e) S: i6 cIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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