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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
1 i8 L+ d1 Y4 jbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ M& m% _! `- `% |) u' j
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3 A2 ?4 C% q2 l/ WAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; n1 w( g% Q4 p# M1 y" ~- M7 d
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 F& y1 i& o% g, y( U$ C0 splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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& V! W8 C7 o. p( E1 UIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
$ h v' d& |0 x ethe sivil servants jump with joy.9 o- L2 u, x' |- J9 |
% C# H: q, Q4 l( W; z! }' XThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( I! a0 Y% `4 B3 J4 k8 d1 e; D. J8 wkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. i2 \0 ?* V, }" f- ~
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like z) G( D: X" H. i6 u
fotograf 20% shorter.; e5 U' W% O/ }# ~# {* e2 C. u7 e
/ `. }# s4 k% U7 r$ `1 QIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, b/ o9 U7 {- S5 P2 E1 M# L' y+ r' wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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v1 |7 d2 Q) j% e4 q5 x) uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 v1 n; i' T+ f6 h) H7 h2 W
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 is9 M3 I; ]% D: v. }. k- y! k
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ L7 E. c" F8 j" i/ W
"z" and "w" with "v".4 Y2 X1 P* P$ ~) H& `) x8 q* z
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
: F2 k0 Y8 M5 Y" J9 p, K: M* xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* A( q# P8 w+ L3 s ^# K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. K/ [5 G, J- X3 j U8 X
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 }- ~% ~4 J1 d: u$ N zUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' J5 V- ?5 v) O* e* u' ?: b3 o
forst plas.
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' N( u1 K; \& \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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