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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' G% w9 _& D" @- O
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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' h( _1 ~3 E. ^: i" p$ q3 \' @% PAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 E/ J, ~6 ^, O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% n8 k6 D& Q8 Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".5 _: k0 d& T$ R# |8 [
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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7 t% I2 \, I* o# w! kThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
c4 f. ^4 W1 Stroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like Z% R) S$ J( z" C+ [8 c+ `
fotograf 20% shorter./ z8 X4 p, D4 q/ O: i
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to! j9 J' B) f. w. q, ^! t, G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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' P; c; `6 [3 A' TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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N' {" ]# B6 {) R1 LAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% R* ?( @7 Z$ I% N( f S6 X( s2 K/ A
"z" and "w" with "v".* P8 g* k: S7 B: h- x+ o: E
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! R4 I/ v, h5 u6 \: jafter 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
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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2 o" c, d* L+ ?* _, |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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