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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will8 u/ y! o: _ @: p8 n3 f' A
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" S4 R; ?$ s, F" \8 X
the other possibility.
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( ~. M r3 r# K% u" b" uAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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O- c$ f6 q# U K# @: B/ qplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( k% o4 X+ _9 u, x) o7 Qkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ G! q' h' ^( W( d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 b5 H8 L# x9 W( \9 |4 u
fotograf 20% shorter." L' A+ H$ [. q
V) a/ I4 h- i: DIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 Z1 ?3 Z$ U. W! w" freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. X$ O: h. q/ K) a3 D! x7 h2 t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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; f9 p+ k6 p: U! J N* P$ iAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 M m D' F6 Q& u6 g M. o6 t) t
disgrasful and it should go away.0 d, v( s9 U5 v m/ @0 }
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ o! R2 `$ X' gDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and9 N7 k. R9 v ^ G. V0 N/ [
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 E" u# i% l, O3 I# U" y8 e
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu2 [( ? r* _7 c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% y& x% a' W: b% A4 c8 |; L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; _2 c6 \/ c* n: X% @# ^9 ?
forst plas.
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1 j3 y: D* m5 MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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