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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* E6 {8 y5 z; l( N5 @$ v! `
be 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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; z2 k# |* f9 S! b" Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 g7 W4 u/ p. t
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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% C) Y% ^3 t, D. l1 [$ r8 wThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ Q& U1 m3 ^2 a5 }2 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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. \6 c l* C0 lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.! S9 O+ e& y" K% x
8 B+ R6 S7 n% q1 \* cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ v& K( l6 F5 f; X# z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* g6 [8 V% B' s% U
+ t! J. J7 W9 {( E# i3 Q5 qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 q5 v- V2 O) E" K* N, r5 q& s- X1 b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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& _% j! S0 n3 L5 ^$ t- @Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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8 J5 j6 R$ ?2 h( Q% w" a! @By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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" w+ h q. T+ R9 uDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 K9 e$ ]6 ^ B! K X) d
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 t3 l) K5 @9 ]$ T( _
4 R7 F$ u$ n( p6 gZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) o2 c5 d3 [1 ^* M0 ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* r7 q( W0 o; N7 \! p5 y/ W
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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