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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will% }3 W. T3 B3 s4 X% c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( @5 V) e+ E2 L# Y) q
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 }! h; P. U3 b/ J' S
! H( z c' c j; o) T1 W2 r, QIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 ?& W* e1 ?/ ~" s& z `8 }
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 W V+ L, T# u+ ?) _4 Y
3 \& l' l& A- |4 W( d3 E4 l( dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ M6 Z5 I5 u4 M2 s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( i; @! q0 ~3 Z$ V$ A* U! d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: V: M) ? A8 k2 u, i3 K
fotograf 20% shorter.7 V; T' J5 A# `# q3 S6 |* A
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& k. h5 e4 U: [+ ^+ A7 @+ B+ `
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 K Q' _1 e1 N+ z$ ~& H! j, H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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# J* |& A2 u1 u+ n/ b$ OAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is! s s/ g5 g, C" V0 y, ~
disgrasful and it should go away.
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4 Z, f8 x! e% z/ O* d3 c4 E1 XBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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, g) m" e% s# e0 nDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 J+ y9 k% A" ?, y/ }5 Cafter 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 tu
2 S, Y. M% L. c" R0 Q% T! p0 `2 punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 H' u0 p5 ?: O3 ?. k, v1 m; u/ gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- n& m# K3 X" I3 fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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