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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 I+ p% f3 @4 F1 @* G$ n
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# U2 F8 ?9 v* _: e7 {: N. m
the other possibility.1 Z8 S. L4 u* }) E3 f& j3 ^; Y
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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".( _$ m& B5 R+ q/ v4 l) u+ }) ]
1 G% r5 H. P8 N- R/ tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 F0 G2 q+ ^7 A6 }5 S
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 x, Y" s2 t1 T3 `1 P' l
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% S( F+ Q% j$ R/ c _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 f3 K. w$ M9 t& v! o' ]% Zfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; q# o4 w9 O- [0 @: `3 G. o1 zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always$ A3 E8 E9 e n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' d/ ]- O" r+ U+ `$ {6 F" e
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& O$ i+ O7 O) W0 D; Y
disgrasful and it should go away.9 H- @; m3 a2 b/ a/ a
1 @4 b R, a2 z1 h( P8 c9 f SBy 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"and1 {6 R; r8 T& {9 h: B4 \
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.4 z$ R1 c& G: J+ P g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
+ F2 e& K) Z6 p8 @9 k* @) punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& I* i' w( n6 R' `3 t& Q7 _
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze9 c3 N+ X Q5 X' |4 F
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. `7 m M `9 X" v3 z" ~5 bIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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