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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 C, j' d) t) b2 L
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* P5 S5 P2 N/ V& m0 \ k* \
the other possibility.) O0 a" {6 m4 D
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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".5 V, i* T6 l/ ]/ `0 N2 W
, Z; b1 H. y3 X, R; |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make% b) C# w7 R* P6 W/ k8 L' l
the sivil servants jump with joy.! C' S: D6 F% w. J* w1 V+ V
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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- F6 z0 N; Q# y5 F' k3 L `8 k7 B
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 V. [4 H2 d* W. @
fotograf 20% shorter.
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, w$ [" y; K9 f' d* y+ `0 A; ?In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ q" u, {# C |; ?/ H' {: k; U
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.' B+ \6 x! O. _ A4 t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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" l5 E2 m2 Y7 k! f# w% [Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, j% q' t5 C7 tdisgrasful and it should go away.5 ^* j+ K) B* n+ B- ^0 u8 |# X
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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6 y$ Z+ h" O- s* W! [. BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 z- g. } M# l1 j" i" o* g. Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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* G; Z% X: s& B: K2 eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& z4 Z, V# L8 e# dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
- c* r0 x. ?. d& i# V" wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 H6 {1 D0 z. x2 {+ a1 ]0 T4 t
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+ m3 N* K& ]4 ^7 x% YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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