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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; S- x r- R& C8 T
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 q: W' v1 b5 ~1 a! q$ |" P. B
the other possibility.8 ~% _* v4 [1 _: [6 A& G8 f! z$ T" f Z
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 Z2 D- H) i7 Z/ ?; n. }" m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* A- H q \/ F* M- H; a7 @plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 e: S9 \6 V+ |, Z$ U
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) w4 L; ~2 x) M' {1 U5 O# }
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 i5 N( K* J( @
( L. f3 h# Y- eThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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7 }6 _. Z; a6 W* E- T; ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the: s) Y& U2 E- O8 p( g) z5 Y
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 to2 i3 K7 A+ b4 P5 f& B- c! H% E
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ X- F9 l' }+ d; N9 V
7 W4 ?3 s* u$ |0 S$ g6 \& U$ r0 `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 W, l- u5 |" x' e
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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# M8 s' F$ i# U
"z" and "w" with "v".. F% T% I- Y& Q7 J; u- f
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and! a r' v; y+ V. P1 N
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
! b& ^3 z0 h `; vunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% ?3 {6 w4 D1 F4 J2 e$ i) h' rUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; @% p+ }7 Y8 b7 O& [, d* U
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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