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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will; Y7 ~/ k; W8 K. t& a4 b
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( |/ A; v6 _9 }/ @
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".6 B5 }5 G9 {; s2 k$ Y( O. j) ]
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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
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8 J N" e. M% ]) F6 n* b! c0 r$ GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 O' c& a3 q; n# Y3 G
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like& w7 D1 J `8 L; n' C
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to [( f& V& H/ C1 r: O) P; b2 m0 H
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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0 I; I1 w# ]3 s: Q I8 O! pAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' R( G; S0 V9 |6 f- ~
disgrasful and it should go away.3 b+ D5 v8 o/ ?8 G, S
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# c3 @3 o5 o1 U( \0 JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and# h2 S4 P5 Y* J+ `
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 tu5 v2 G" B# `, L4 R$ r$ ^9 m0 ?
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 }, l1 W7 V; Y, h% v5 mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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; h9 _+ u$ V& l& f. h+ ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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