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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 d, r+ m- {* ? A# F) q' a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- p9 S. N3 u( h! j+ b1 r
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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0 K; A& w1 }4 @- u1 c2 Z3 Bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 `" i4 o7 U$ B8 U) pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( o% H0 T$ |: {8 K% u- z- v7 E% {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 A8 c$ S3 j$ y* u/ R8 B# [6 F1 W* X6 mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up0 z. }2 ]& s) b9 A* C a8 r
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." E6 H( v5 g- R8 y4 P
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4 q) ?* [' G( b UThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the A4 I5 q- j- @- U0 u1 r- A% N
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; s) ~+ `, T. p: {( y' e4 c
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to3 c# |% E; v3 }* J' t4 _, H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! b/ d. t4 y! F
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always! S3 L L! U5 U
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. s$ C& P6 u0 r
disgrasful and it should go away. U1 x4 _# L' v7 k5 \ q
, R \5 E4 G* G, u3 n, eBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- M: j$ k7 e) a7 y# t6 L
"z" and "w" with "v".* @. N8 K0 \/ ?6 w
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and e6 r+ `8 |9 A+ {; s3 O
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 ]- {8 V' u( L% Z2 s7 }, P+ s! |# P' z/ ~
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 x# z E& @& ^- H3 B s1 `. W4 n
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; r) h1 g1 t+ Y2 jUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ }* q2 [, ]# M
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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