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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# f4 s9 A T4 A k& t
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- X/ }7 n: t* x. G6 N/ w' }
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 [! S3 K/ y6 x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 b: S/ H9 n/ j, w9 q& s" ]
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"., i4 h: ~6 z7 R
) M8 ^6 O: C: }4 \6 Z) LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
* @1 M0 L# @; J# v0 L' Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ G6 W; }& l6 C8 |4 }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 R# G8 b0 A' @
fotograf 20% shorter.+ R0 H+ k! s5 B6 ^% ]8 Y# d t( r
# ^! B8 a& B$ \$ R& TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 `: _: r4 Y, d- C0 Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' Y ^$ C* }* B0 o" ]
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 @8 ] l( \ R+ q4 d' Q& G/ yben 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
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' D- b* G' c: Y2 j4 f. _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with6 j' b1 t% a( W6 w2 Y! s- M. x
"z" and "w" with "v".& ]( a* J8 V4 q# U
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' D+ m1 [5 A9 W: R* n1 d7 W* N
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., t- |! Y2 ^% g7 S" l! C5 | _
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- w7 d* R5 Q% }8 xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 Y3 o. n( c a! ~6 rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 g0 n; [5 Q) H0 H0 t) d
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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