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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will2 n3 z* c1 s) t& f. E
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was; y' r) f$ r7 M$ |
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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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; ^) f: Y5 m7 {/ r0 K; I' PIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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) `& P- \ n* b0 T4 bThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: ?9 J$ f0 X0 A$ a' D; n
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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' G0 T7 F% a7 d" S4 c3 r( |% h+ [0 PThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 H8 X* `8 U% u; B+ Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# K% Z6 h: V: @( T
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' o3 V/ Q: e- L% y* f3 ]; k
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.5 A( f+ G# G) G; U; f
" N/ N! l9 q- U' s7 G. `/ f, t. ?Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ Z, A& {; v2 n" e+ mben a deterent to akurate speling.
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5 ~, F9 X) }- c, D1 ^/ \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% r% F0 l( C* _6 p
disgrasful and it should go away./ w3 Q6 \8 r" h$ z. `5 V6 x) B
" V: t& m. e6 @5 QBy 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"and
; [4 U+ q' P" }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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) o2 `# _0 A; O# JZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* ?3 U" z( f, C3 D: k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) \ P, m3 x" O; X3 i/ _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. R, A5 N( n: q# }) ^ \' @
forst plas.
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( ]& Z7 \% S# B; G3 `If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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