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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 n2 n4 z+ a/ X/ H1 e
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was& f7 `2 N$ Z- X1 T+ p8 C# }" Q+ G2 H
the other possibility.7 m$ s/ d. I% A+ T- U+ v3 c. a& m3 h
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& x% d5 s$ |* h0 v: X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 D! t2 M( E- Z2 Yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 A. b% q9 J+ D1 |' N" T+ t
# k) R# r5 }; ]6 o. t6 z9 B% NIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 m( z9 M1 ~% R; [8 e
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 f: Z) K% q* b% P4 M: m0 ~/ V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" [1 T5 ~( O: v! `+ q2 ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
- S# b- G* j' B- `, C! Hfotograf 20% shorter.; m0 c% |7 q% ^( @- e
; m# C2 K2 J3 FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* R8 h: a, L8 v- W i9 Creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: \" L( N6 u3 a% w4 m
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
9 f& U6 E# x3 [, f* G1 X3 t6 _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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 Y% `( P2 c2 r, K" ^* }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 k( W8 U- h4 S7 T/ x5 BZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu+ G& Y1 |. x& O1 j" o. p, V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 u# V l9 e1 a p
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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2 f6 A- G* ]& B. f, b/ r, eIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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