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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will6 x* G. J" ^ [# i
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- {7 V# }( u: _
the other possibility.
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7 K* ^1 h: t! M) m, r! QAs 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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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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8 A& U# W. O4 F) Z4 WThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! H, Z+ h; O. B% e2 X- A0 s c' j* s
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; J$ J/ q/ e1 O k ]: G9 S
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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8 M* `3 K) w- R5 u7 y; VIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- Y! ]5 K" n* d) `2 R0 Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.9 x( n5 w J( Q7 N" s* H
\* I% y/ b; ZGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 F& A7 {9 r b9 j! d, Gben 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
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 E% {3 Z$ Y. }/ f; |% ~0 g# p- c5 S( v6 |
"z" and "w" with "v".7 k# D5 \8 d* D# C
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 `7 K3 h. G$ y5 t# ~) u8 X& j
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." f( \4 K4 y$ c% n
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) t6 X6 T5 r4 n* S! w B J3 z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# P* B! H: \" _
Und 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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