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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* L" @" k3 Z2 F: D: ^
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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8 c) z- E/ ?. ?plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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* V6 U, f( O0 G8 h* |! lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% {, m0 d4 C2 N+ t! T: v/ fthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- z0 s& Y$ P2 l
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 k7 ^4 C; }( B; E2 l
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( Z+ F! h! y3 u; h
fotograf 20% shorter.% u6 O+ m' Z1 L( z! [: w) a
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( g# R( ?% P7 c2 Y, {
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) d; Q+ [' R8 k+ v5 U8 s
ben a deterent to akurate speling.# O% Z: o# Z- c* }0 J
" Q% w' A$ y; WAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, W+ u% [. Z! u$ R
disgrasful and it should go away./ C! K! B* r% c7 L8 ^
; H4 g0 l) L/ y) X( S- Q/ c& gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
9 s7 |0 a2 ]& H8 f: Z& Y. J, @after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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" n: T5 k- I1 i2 J! W5 xZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 G' h4 m4 f. C/ ]" _6 u9 R6 v8 b- f
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& C% h; R- s0 X3 Y5 i% f7 H" wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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- _6 o- i: n( v2 c1 dIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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