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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 ^' l G1 z( j9 I C1 v' v" dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# q- {7 l2 Q: |0 K5 A
the other possibility.1 h3 b9 ?8 T- \2 \1 O) I
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
1 d8 I7 o5 P% |: }: s/ A# L/ W! nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: S# \# k3 |* o, W' ?0 H' o% ^6 D2 _$ Z4 Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! ?2 U( A8 E+ z, B* H5 j/ ?
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& ^& l& g# L1 K2 x8 |
the sivil servants jump with joy.& [% o% [+ E6 }2 B
! H3 o6 D. T- g ]6 ?3 _$ KThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
4 i- ~! w* e% I0 X- Q9 `+ _konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# f$ ~. K; Z9 r: E# F2 ^There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 M" I' N7 z, {" }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like8 g' B/ X. k5 |" |5 z, U$ M
fotograf 20% shorter.0 e3 b1 A1 e% P' R3 y6 y+ W9 ]
$ U/ W8 o/ }/ j5 A7 _" _6 g3 C" LIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( u8 b9 q" f% C: Y* ]; I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, N/ S+ T M) w+ r6 c+ mGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
* R0 `1 p( ? nben a deterent to akurate speling.) N9 b& a0 v( ^/ a, H% y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- @( K, P% G0 ~5 n5 z
disgrasful and it should go away.5 K, ?" Z v! c* T- o
% x% n5 W" @0 l7 p# cBy 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- D; }4 }3 t3 g
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+ Y( l/ b) {- j- N( J* G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% q4 C( J f. |/ c" {2 d9 d9 p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 ]( M4 d" O' z9 _1 |
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8 b4 U/ ]$ b/ j+ J' zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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