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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will# J4 a+ o9 j4 F* F: [
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
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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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$ ]! I& L2 P tIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 B) }+ P: _+ R" T% L9 |
the sivil servants jump with joy.- g# ^0 R" m5 m( w' K0 A% e
# e. y( H7 I$ h$ IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up7 V8 o& A5 \* [8 W+ L. q6 Q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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- O. u8 e3 i3 T8 PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# K8 o% V* r6 Q8 L% s
troublesome "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+ |* D, x( j1 o; `% n( P- i$ r* c
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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& S5 ]( n% P/ z" a& }* l( wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) u0 _# d+ @3 p [: \& k
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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p# X7 T0 _8 L+ Y1 dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 u9 h+ N" Y; Q3 ]. |after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., M& Z6 j* n( n# l3 \6 q0 g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 c4 n& x" \+ Y; p! C7 B% x9 Gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( l) R& P7 K2 m0 a
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 [* \+ d& m% i* OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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