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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will5 J, {, @& t( h& u. P/ V1 t
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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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 }% N; E+ n3 H7 }+ |
& A0 t3 y3 C0 f5 iIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
7 ~. |+ E. h$ j+ F0 _# [# v' R0 |the sivil servants jump with joy." Z2 b9 u/ X8 M" i0 r \; G+ ^
5 y3 T4 d0 h: k6 IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, Y; f9 g& [; U: W4 B! xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* i- z p$ k; W3 e- R7 J! H6 V' E$ \
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/ O& P2 @& m; a" N0 f& ^3 XThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 p) i7 n$ j- P/ o) Q
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
- }8 B! \0 Y1 l, }# h# Dreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 c) A% b3 V6 N; ?! [Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 c8 }4 }, U" X9 u4 }1 nben a deterent to akurate speling.5 }; r' s+ f a$ s
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is+ M# f' O- `* A) C6 R$ n9 ^
disgrasful and it should go away.2 }- L6 R2 h, U
5 }3 R6 p# r- t6 H& U5 fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ h6 I2 Y1 ~! k2 E: `" rDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
4 k0 t% `7 n, r0 J: Nafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
; z3 H% h7 [2 g, ?. _# `2 w- Munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, l+ {$ H* `" e8 TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, M7 Y$ Q5 [( D' K
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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