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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! P1 n$ P6 u" W
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
6 @/ T& ?) c' ethe other possibility.8 Y( B( }0 y4 j/ O% X- i/ ^
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English- F- T: T" Z. S8 ^9 S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in3 h5 g4 U: O. {1 H
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" ?6 v$ y* b- [& B% [! iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; Q' h2 \+ ?& b! ^ a* A/ S8 A
the sivil servants jump with joy.8 N5 r- W5 q. R, M r, ?6 @
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 o4 k z6 N e3 `, k& K; r6 ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! @( o1 G, n2 @) V7 |: L) z
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$ J5 V! K- B* h$ y3 A1 pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: m: C5 z8 {. k! D. \! Z5 u; a% a
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to% ?+ R5 f3 N8 B$ B1 J
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ i& w$ w/ E$ \3 W' S" C! ]3 [
9 B' l6 \6 K- E1 \: \! WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; l) d- E- r5 ]0 U; Q1 k6 g
ben 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
) x: b& ~; Y! C' ydisgrasful and it should go away.3 u, D* } s/ G7 v* z' r7 V$ C& U
6 Y3 Q! n- A: YBy 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# T; r' {) \; v' h- C- {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 R( R2 j$ r4 d6 ^ f- |
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu1 S9 a% c0 p3 ]3 E# f
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.. @- G8 L9 c. U/ g. i' }
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! R. d& A! r3 A0 y" B( H$ d
forst plas.
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. h+ t' V" ^- ?, }" n WIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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