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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will+ Z* e* ^% _( }2 d* a
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was/ J5 d0 e$ `' B+ T, h; m5 Z" v
the other possibility.2 W0 p" h! C$ y( ]
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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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/ H c& Q7 z) P- H& A+ \4 S1 w: oIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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, u+ n: R4 h# y2 C h' VThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
d) W8 M4 T+ C& l$ U/ ] ~konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" H c R6 {& Y" Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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5 e! }1 E. F' DGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: N4 |+ a5 ]3 s* P
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! Z$ Z* q* j, L
disgrasful and it should go away.+ ?4 m m4 v3 |0 y2 p! [6 F" h0 u4 i
' t6 g' M7 H7 y0 qBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with; K9 s8 r. v. O4 a( r
"z" and "w" with "v".1 i4 o! T6 y% f
2 g7 I o7 P6 I8 V, \4 W5 A7 eDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; j7 j( J7 e- d3 ~3 z. j! P+ g4 i
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.! g7 G5 [; f. t' \8 w3 q( d& k6 Y
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 h4 n# e! L/ D6 T/ U4 v# Y) Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
" w6 {1 L$ ] eUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ U2 Z% a8 i* y: o' f1 |5 T. y
forst plas.
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+ m! n) B, v* M9 zIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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