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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
( d3 f& |; Y. ybe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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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"." |+ O O5 O/ e
: l; q7 u! ]! N# TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) t+ F* d$ j' b9 l, {5 sthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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, k! J X& D I6 xThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 X" o0 y+ }0 m- |$ r" Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* X" Z& {3 k2 j( Q: K+ x, N5 z9 c1 l
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/ M8 m3 |5 U# z4 e3 ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ i' L4 Q/ d8 {. S+ @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- ^/ |8 x$ p5 l5 o( x' a; H
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. a. {! V" i2 h6 n2 p* H6 s
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 [' \7 f. J7 `3 J/ O* @
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. E0 n- \' A6 E; k9 r
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and% u+ C. B0 p5 x4 G5 D# A: a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( D: @+ k) p5 U. E( {9 F
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, m" @9 F- P0 }: Q a) l7 aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 `0 I- R2 @; j3 _
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze4 M. U# I; @5 @3 `
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( c" {# K9 v% J! b3 zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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