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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ o2 P; d9 N& ]5 j: S3 W1 M. L
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& }/ w; c. j# Wthe other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) ], P t2 N: O: C1 {5 f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) v# I4 e0 S/ S2 C" @* r
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; T0 q9 P$ {9 \' J: K9 B
the sivil servants jump with joy.; y3 t$ X, p' u4 x- N+ }' W2 ~
( e# A5 @9 D; J+ A+ Q0 v- O( PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% q- W& n% c+ [3 g: k) [9 K7 Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( B! D/ A3 J) B0 X6 E8 j9 E
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 ^; c9 I" _* O$ ~troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" ]; P. ? u' c+ h# \- v& R }
fotograf 20% shorter.
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" J* s1 W/ V/ j6 r) B0 w! QIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 m- z3 P" j/ k& t8 o) b; @2 I9 G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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# Y+ x" N; X# C1 E. OGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
! y' v* F( O: zben a deterent to akurate speling.
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. p. K+ b$ ~3 b7 P9 }Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
. c! s: w' }8 v# f* \disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" P6 k% B$ [) ]; U( t
"z" and "w" with "v".
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) `3 ]4 A1 f9 y9 U9 P2 G% @During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& K9 b) L5 k# p* ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( e" n& e$ d. Y$ `+ f. mZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
8 p! ]$ R2 e' J1 I3 r2 xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 C/ h- X& k8 s" @/ B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 v8 L! e- E8 Q9 k! l) e( h& I
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5 z$ j/ j1 U+ u8 a3 a9 ]0 lIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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