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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
5 m+ I3 }. C% r) Gbe 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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+ W. `) n6 L7 }* @7 _0 Vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 t% t- Z- m; M* E
2 N: Q: r, N- ?- Z( {/ T6 h: z" DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 ~3 h' Z! q4 ?
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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. X; c! H- t/ {9 Q; @3 v; G% T5 dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* w: y7 ~- Z3 o$ e+ T6 Gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 W0 U3 X3 N. O/ a& Q
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, Q) @: {$ t9 m, `There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 C& l0 E) o2 I+ y! X5 a) l5 q8 s
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, \6 w# n4 N& Y. e6 m0 W# S
fotograf 20% shorter.* W" \5 s m, b/ x$ H1 L
* l. K9 j0 h3 e( v+ [In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ |+ c; a0 x- U# X- A7 |7 O
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& }% y3 x, o: o5 F* Y$ {, M. N+ aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" i! x B7 Q" M3 h; p+ l6 L u$ |" B
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 u% s; k3 d: t# Y6 C
* i# e) B* `5 N* m6 w" S9 cAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- b- \! p0 E2 a. r2 a# Z3 ]
disgrasful and it should go away.* i! d- Z0 G( l' c8 R% W( ?
" @& u8 k: ^9 I8 n' D; N) fBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 f0 z0 }# A! I% l2 r
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
) M7 u! K; g3 |. H, e' z: Dafter 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% M3 Q; g' F* | {+ O9 v( n* }% _
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% L4 E* b* O' {; [! GUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* w G. O; w1 v, C: K! _) d
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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