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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 D: S' u7 j0 R9 J' |4 R" h
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' ]. Y/ D& f$ l8 j) S4 Q: J
the other possibility./ P( c; S/ R( C1 g1 g
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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: C6 {1 S, D4 X' |9 mplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! {3 l- w4 K# H& U3 {In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
' g( B T# |# Cthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 ~- j# @: }) E9 _2 @7 C* |7 |& }
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) B5 J- n" o: [/ }6 d' Y3 J
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7 p4 r( M" U# J* b% zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( }" m" j: D# z! G
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
7 Y" U! Y! v% V! J* f4 I& Ufotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 u: }2 K4 X6 P* _. ?# C
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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1 z7 q8 W f! g* n& t+ ~/ YGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 _3 [6 q* @7 I, q% S( |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.2 d& |. Y" X' D4 `3 C
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% D8 S _# `1 |: {7 qdisgrasful and it should go away.
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6 }& w' I0 }: @3 uBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ P( O3 D Z4 H& o( IDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 s `: I3 p) p$ T3 [, rafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." h* r4 C# m9 W
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' {$ \) X, _5 _" ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# R M) j5 r" E- S& \2 D* Z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 a; s5 w2 J1 Y1 A
forst plas.
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! f U+ |( Q5 {) E* NIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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