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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ n. w9 v4 L& `: i8 f- ]
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, \ W q8 g: R8 |" Y8 q
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% K2 J0 K6 o% uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ D) l I5 |% I' _2 h* h
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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$ Y/ E ?' J% V) BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: {% @ m& H% {0 Itroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 `5 ]) ^2 K; c) ]5 gfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 u. @2 V4 q* s/ [' A, Xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Q9 U: L9 |/ C* s. sGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- t: R/ Z4 W$ U$ i5 \
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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' P" H2 K% s# M. lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 c: x, n. X7 u, _/ H E3 C
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
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7 r) X& w {# s/ ^: B# e" XDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& G5 g% u3 D' }& u. d! E' r9 H: i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! T# K8 o8 t. j7 z/ `8 v/ I' _
6 _/ M: N& h8 E {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
* ^! c+ J8 i, m' Ounderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 y* M: I, H$ x1 k+ z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, W+ b$ j" i' i' {8 `- f, y! u
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8 I; b; X/ C5 K6 iIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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