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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will h! `- c( S9 r/ V
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- u" o+ `2 g* u( g( }1 x" g( t" O
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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h) Z: q4 b* v5 _+ C$ I& aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 h. L: Q5 \5 c$ r; g
$ P: ?1 \; C! IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ R5 ~) M* {/ Z; i i+ c) v
the sivil servants jump with joy.0 Y3 z. T( a+ {1 D* m( x
+ i6 Y2 q, o* \3 GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 @( a' R; U( |7 v
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 T r- {8 g3 N- i
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- q4 K# t9 d1 Z
fotograf 20% shorter.9 d; K% M/ {3 L v
- G; n$ q/ v- v9 fIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- S2 P, W% v. b Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. W9 [! R' [- G' r3 i( W0 g
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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: b. Q7 e p' S9 T* ZAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- _/ H/ r& @7 z8 x
disgrasful and it should go away.) r I- f% k' _5 p
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" ^7 ^6 N6 b8 I. s* P
"z" and "w" with "v".
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6 X+ T# T. M+ u9 wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 G7 C) V' Y+ {% f2 p+ f3 [; ^ W* E6 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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' P3 i9 J. G+ m8 gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ s. ] ]$ K: F5 b
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% b2 W1 R* s2 @7 DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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