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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will( [7 p1 g |) Y& |0 {7 _7 N5 V, M; @
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- N- W3 e# T/ e* K X/ T9 F1 |2 f# m
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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* x( R1 o2 ^0 Q% Q9 m Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". `4 H$ o) K1 e: B
5 O; ?0 K; f3 V& _2 _5 V/ M% zIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: P8 U% X2 x3 @8 T0 A ~the sivil servants jump with joy.. N9 w; [. M' y9 B# I- T
6 U& X9 G) M; u" GThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
: i4 ~$ W: S$ f5 Dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ Z8 e6 m8 r3 `6 ]* h( B& atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" V: D( m4 j+ o4 E
fotograf 20% shorter.
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0 G* h$ S4 [ X0 g ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
. A" C" _) @9 j& ^* Q* W( k' Rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 \; W& A, o/ h* @2 ^
9 i) S( w7 b# [: H1 I3 y9 ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 N- m; P2 F F, h7 Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( j: i* ?5 |7 T: f0 `4 R% K1 g) s
. ]- _8 x' f; @ mAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% R8 `' o+ ]: V, @; ]disgrasful and it should go away.2 B( A6 @- }6 @4 w- } }! H: B
( @# J& j3 Y# i; h% U; N$ |By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
: @ C8 w. Z7 D8 [5 W3 u6 |"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. s: Q8 Z4 D1 P" A* g1 U0 B rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ O9 Y0 J# u2 K; \' ]! I4 ?% c+ e: h
3 |& U# [% [7 Z" lZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. q: X$ j1 ~0 J/ i: S' p% H- [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* T% A; A T( K# |1 `% F& d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ i% u9 E+ i: C4 _! ~5 J6 S( FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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