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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
2 N6 Y7 ^0 B6 j. n+ @$ w, D& nbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was, i7 k" P/ c6 X# _9 V3 a1 K
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".
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& u ^ |; g3 n GIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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3 e6 e" \3 s; s, [7 x! D: x& VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 s; V7 B0 w, l. K; E
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 to2 P1 |8 ~! D v: Q/ g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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2 T5 X) u" a1 ^# e4 wGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 ?4 X8 @3 X2 T5 Y, T
disgrasful and it should go away.; u% n0 `; V& g+ G
8 R0 F1 G3 A3 `7 |8 E4 p2 VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with( A" Y) S. q6 m \/ P+ r8 {% \- W
"z" and "w" with "v".
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, @ Z) W. L, w+ W. pDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; f9 m/ q, q' H# [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.& a: h# |5 d7 l% \5 h. Y
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" z$ U( g' c0 ]" v! IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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