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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will- [( b1 D/ P6 x9 d5 L
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- {3 B# p9 t$ N% lthe other possibility.
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6 a2 R1 e/ A* f! X( Z- S& f. wAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ h1 h. x6 c1 e" s
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
# x. T1 a; l, Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: V O: }6 y" S2 F5 X
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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! F0 a( c8 z" ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( z6 N+ g/ b; c) A& c
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! j. a+ j' T7 @! b0 u* B' k
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, k5 {- V! h+ ^7 {9 |% }4 @9 _There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- T& Q W. Y5 Q7 v) N% Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like) h: ?" ~6 q, E) \/ p7 h" {+ M( x
fotograf 20% shorter.0 W* J. D* {; ?2 f) Q
& y6 `! u1 u7 A. F- AIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 m/ [4 Z6 A! D4 u+ I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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: z# }$ e: D7 f2 a+ G8 m6 ~, [% ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is" H. s0 |- v1 E9 P) r
disgrasful and it should go away./ _" R, {1 [ g% U9 a3 y
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By 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& A! o. W! q/ \1 {$ r& ^% z* e
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
7 m) ]! A U+ l# r5 Z$ funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 j) h4 u" L- O5 HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ n4 j) @1 b7 ?2 |
forst plas.
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: m. D* H, k- ^! \. Q2 e, aIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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