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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) M* \# {7 k: i5 m
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 k, o7 F" D7 A+ a/ Q# _) v
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English6 I, ]8 v( b/ v; o, O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 C2 X+ o4 b6 {# ~plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ i! H9 U! Z4 N$ {8 pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% F/ q" B+ _2 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.$ ]: ^3 B0 a* u9 n m
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.* Y( _+ o! A. W+ s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. Z; [: ~; L* l2 S; H0 i) c; ], v
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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G& Y# l1 Y# i5 x" qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with/ J5 J# | o' X6 p
"z" and "w" with "v".9 F `9 ^7 G$ t* Q
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' `, t% {" Y9 Z# {' R# z \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 ]" r8 [- _; r
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 p( M$ G3 I* N+ M% ?
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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( ^& f3 M8 `1 Q. @! S, R% J( TIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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