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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
! E% h- m3 U5 S5 I/ t: lbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% [9 _ c0 D1 _: x6 \$ C
the other possibility.
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2 C! T: Q; Y6 r3 V" JAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English+ G- t8 U) |/ j9 n8 d0 `! B
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in J& S' ?7 l& z& ^( K, z5 m2 u/ ~
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- _( c- N& n- ? T5 ~5 q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 a7 P1 [+ x5 ?% v& h6 z& a
the sivil servants jump with joy., L( X: v. {" i2 U8 \$ q
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: P" m3 t& m1 ^6 W3 o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# d- U) m+ W" ]! N& |5 Q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 h- j* @9 l' |. E8 T4 ]
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 {; L: I( e& J( x" | ]
fotograf 20% shorter.% i7 o. x- v" N) a7 R
# s5 K. P# R6 oIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 k2 R$ F1 Z! V/ z. xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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% r8 r; ~6 o4 X1 N, F6 X6 N+ S& ]9 bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' z, A' I A5 q8 \' p) K
ben a deterent to akurate speling.. @0 l1 o W7 ^& L2 a4 k
0 C. a. Q; [+ N+ _- ]( gAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, X$ }6 ~, [0 [6 A
disgrasful and it should go away.' f6 [8 k. g$ Z* X2 ?: i; d
+ e7 z3 N6 j0 z0 OBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 ^+ H% F3 S/ Z# H3 N' B
"z" and "w" with "v".8 U# Q' Y; t+ B) o% x0 e; x+ U6 }
& U( w/ Y6 U. i/ n% J% u$ X5 qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; Y9 o; {) k: f5 j7 Z) Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 i/ @; Q, G3 H" CZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ |, `4 Z* X9 I) E$ y3 Y
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! i* W: D, R: k; M0 b4 l1 mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze2 C& _' v8 I5 ^7 f. b, a. A
forst plas.8 Y1 u0 @) t, r! x3 R$ G3 E3 Q8 k1 ]
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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