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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 E& S& L% K2 }4 K( |$ w
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was9 U( E2 ^% c% e/ m7 [8 q5 T
the other possibility.2 n5 E# G% e. Y& S7 M- a+ \$ p* _
! }& Q" J$ F) I! ZAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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+ B( ~ t% S# Y- e ]In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 r4 M" I8 w a/ w2 {the sivil servants jump with joy./ {0 ~& a+ C, \+ w3 D% e
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up ]; |$ R" k1 z$ r- n+ A1 T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ G' W* L* n# i* o1 R$ c
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6 ^$ @" D4 ?7 \. a3 u0 T" |8 X, _There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 d7 Q4 M1 z: V
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
b/ @% Q9 \( n3 |! l; s% Ufotograf 20% shorter.) @# g. a' f- W: w
3 K9 v3 @( p! y8 c1 K$ R) EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to r) \- [0 e* T) u: A x5 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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( A, j4 J7 C) n% P& aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' h* ?, U! e. x& y1 a0 e
ben a deterent to akurate speling. h% q3 w) R. @9 G/ [* [+ x
' } A) J8 z7 lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is: {- S- k; J+ k8 H% y
disgrasful and it should go away.% S3 n& b- k. @" i: I3 d y
. d+ q( _8 {+ ]/ }By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 x" L1 i. T$ u, s% r* j8 f; GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and, B R* i6 Q( X' N$ f4 S
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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+ \# n; z8 ^+ b* nZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% v% Y* i9 Z" g3 h) j! Q+ t) M
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* P: `+ A( G% k8 e$ @3 w7 |Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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