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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) u* Y- ^; ], p# D" j: E1 u) h' Q2 {/ C) ?
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was2 J; d' h* Y6 ^$ _- y2 q/ J- a
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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$ _; R9 t$ p+ cIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# I* P$ @' @7 u/ {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 V& h' L% o1 u* h# `
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 ~% u. B: {* X4 g0 `1 M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* r) g' Y( L$ Q: Q3 W. [
fotograf 20% shorter.& M: G0 t* [" M5 P/ I
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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 always5 J: H8 F5 O5 ]. h
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 is5 Z3 I9 T/ g R2 C6 x' E
disgrasful and it should go away.. r1 g6 s3 |" b, b6 A4 v6 n4 ]
* d, J! G0 C+ K: e8 @8 sBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with8 L; k( L. e3 T9 z1 {) t
"z" and "w" with "v".- Z9 ?% s) A7 _8 z5 O
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* Y' C; ~0 d) r# O) f, m8 i5 w
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 N* F; v6 M" O) D; Y- G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 t: t% W! x+ Q |; A! U6 iUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& v1 [% k Q3 o2 S y) _" {4 Y1 Y: {If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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