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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will$ D1 k9 _: Q$ R) D' L& C4 {! g
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* s: I+ u$ Q3 n& V0 ^7 \( [
the other possibility.2 ~6 X4 T3 q5 I0 X/ T
. m& ~4 s( z4 C5 [. n8 V( K& I* {As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
0 s7 P( t- m* N* T2 Rspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in* I. h( Y k- v6 L# ] A( h
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' h8 Z( ?/ t' s- ?, D
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# M1 |% r( ]" l" a4 d: ~/ P$ ~' [
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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9 I8 D# G/ Y/ I$ P J& YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. v( ]2 k6 K! S% p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 I" w1 b8 J: X @
fotograf 20% shorter.% n1 P" p' K6 Q) l
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# E( w8 \; J$ s% k9 `. d8 t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 `3 g& E( B# B) a; f/ O8 U. i1 b) I& |
ben a deterent to akurate speling. r" m- r" c! r6 m' R6 z' m" N
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
2 F/ w, {! H1 z$ i$ U. ]disgrasful and it should go away.
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7 n- A1 p4 O+ ]3 j6 X8 sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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9 F/ L% N1 X' {* Z0 f& [ BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, t1 y1 {( t" D3 l2 \6 zafter 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
0 C7 P. t$ X$ S4 i; j7 ]& Dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.; V0 n2 f. f5 q7 t K/ E2 \( m
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 G, m; K; z6 L, t1 o. }
forst plas.
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- | z I% z, C* }) X+ G4 S6 [If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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