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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) E( f- s; l+ ]( Y8 _ H- o
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 q) p4 v" i/ @0 K( Q5 v" H, f6 h
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English" | s7 |3 `; p" e8 \5 P! K0 X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. g% k: n5 o! W% ]; r, m) s& i& B
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". ~4 K) o& n4 Y' ?! E y6 W2 z
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 A! L4 v6 j: n, b1 M, s
the sivil servants jump with joy.% F3 G" N3 N) X s3 T0 ~0 H- u
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ P4 C$ R+ ^* r+ X9 Y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! N1 w. f3 V! P4 p
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 T6 c: Z- @2 n9 otroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; O3 b% x) a9 ?* r2 L9 Y: w
fotograf 20% shorter.+ e, I% c! [8 w! U1 y$ Z' ^! u3 R
1 |- K. g6 L+ g- h7 a2 nIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# ~8 p2 ^8 r1 ~: |0 [4 creach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& r: T4 D# I: }1 _2 }9 T
. K' ]8 [( w5 Z2 wGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' k% @9 V3 p p, I& \5 q$ h& k! A/ M* Q: v
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' @ O, N, f' f$ d6 yAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is K, o% X. Q2 e0 m6 V4 t
disgrasful and it should go away.8 q D0 M P# }
4 o; v! Z" p/ x6 _# nBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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3 y8 p+ g& }7 {During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- v( M4 U2 D& p& |% Q# Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) B1 m( X: Z$ L8 g+ k7 \; M
/ U" ]/ Z6 v& _; V( \* I" NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( h4 z) d9 S% {
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
L+ I/ ~9 u9 s% B3 l: @* @Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 u' @: {( R% x$ g: @+ G& F
forst plas.
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! A0 p: f: s( EIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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