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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will: ?9 i3 b$ q5 A- l5 ]% q% `2 |
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; o. Q* s$ U, x1 u
the other possibility., [4 u& [& V0 Z j# A: Z' h& U, z0 j
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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".! p, |: y. Y% W& W
( ^" x' t8 z# u* cIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! w- t# I; N3 ]1 g0 n; }: P
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, S+ f6 F, L- H4 _$ H: g2 Q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. G5 s+ c* U% x1 [/ Q
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( D7 N ~/ F7 a" B# m0 xThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 i. w6 K ]" c, R- M3 ~% W
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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5 e- S7 x6 m; J& [+ \& ]: r. D5 ]6 ZIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
: u; x% @, o/ i2 Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. B9 m% T! Q1 ?- B5 d G2 ZGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ n; @: h/ Q* X8 I0 P1 ]5 t
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 x O% z8 Q1 P& u% @$ c
disgrasful and it should go away.! M: d3 i' P8 w# k/ P% U% J+ B7 m
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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"and1 [# i7 ?, ? m5 u; t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( A8 [' y8 q4 A) ]# _
8 l$ c6 W& t4 y7 `% pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% s1 Z1 @7 ~& G# \$ y1 T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- D& C. F1 w3 B/ o) P. s7 \+ a+ i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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" H: W' e; i9 c+ I! ?0 p+ k) kIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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