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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' U O# b% _' J" j- _! ~6 `
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was) ]9 C4 X$ W6 O7 B0 q4 H* l: H
the other possibility.
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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 u% ]" m6 R1 o+ T6 X7 g- k# B
( N7 M/ o+ _: X# r& }8 ]$ jIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, m% n& g' _2 z* {8 e9 y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 Y$ G, `$ k9 R4 N0 ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., O4 R9 J4 Q- F
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- r5 Y/ o0 D! y3 H4 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
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 e$ K+ A; V; y7 @; v3 hben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! {+ G( q$ [ O' e; {1 qAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) D9 ?1 w+ k# m9 z: w3 G. O! _
disgrasful and it should go away.5 t" Y# b: f6 T& ?. v3 r
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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. s# O- S. P, o; s) k4 v* GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 l0 ?) `* @# o; c+ m
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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l6 e" D+ s HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; s" l1 C8 V9 \$ U5 @. M% P% A; n. w
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( y8 k3 _! i% Z8 Y) ?4 G1 eUnd 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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