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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 Y7 h8 E/ u R* G1 V. A) q
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was# V- s5 }6 D9 b. d( ?
the other possibility.
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+ q. K" q [# h0 J6 a# G9 FAs 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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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 X7 x( E3 i) F+ N; gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- p7 {$ Q& w/ C) B
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; o" Q# w) D, a, H5 ]# YThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( r& w8 o0 a8 V
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
& o" J7 u6 \! h! Y7 ffotograf 20% shorter.
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5 t" ^; d/ W X4 t f' iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# h8 J$ A l! G, B2 `+ o' v( `
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible., ^% ~+ m# M0 k5 o
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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& P; x f) O* x$ [1 GAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 B. {4 P8 `* F) H* x4 v0 e9 D
disgrasful and it should go away.6 ]( B5 u6 l; L9 w0 B7 O
# B! |- e) b$ K: a3 `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 a4 q& h6 a" U& k- c* u2 K u- Wafter 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 tu/ S+ U; l( l5 e' A' m, _# Z, G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; Z8 a5 o3 }8 Y7 N {1 F5 aUnd 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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