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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 X3 b/ U0 h0 {1 z9 ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" C# A1 N7 l& m
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, |3 R- k# ~* _3 Q L' b; YAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. w$ _9 B" a3 h' D
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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/ f' H; H: q, k- s8 \The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 @2 u. R7 E6 D) e7 ?, h& q9 ^6 O
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 B* Z7 v _! ]7 Q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 t) K8 S2 ]( {8 {; i& M
fotograf 20% shorter.
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5 B; [: t' d5 x! }, r) tIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' |& X) u1 r$ x. c; q ^1 v: q' f$ z' o
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& ]4 Q- Y$ N6 s. l( h
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always |) @% L' @! h4 W8 H) ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* \3 \6 y9 N8 ~4 ^: sAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 B6 Y2 a9 a Z: Y) W- K# Bdisgrasful and it should go away.
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2 j) ?+ D: q; q X4 \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 i" k2 }) T/ [/ ~
"z" and "w" with "v".8 {- \8 q: O+ z- X# F. V: y! ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 A/ U6 [, ^. O) [- ~7 x! `after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* S! _; a3 G, c5 h3 {: ]
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 c, ?9 Z4 u6 x1 p
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." Q& P6 I- `- B% O( S2 I: k& F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 U6 N: U+ R* n& L- r# V
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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