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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 S. d+ |* W0 Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 N+ D. @4 ?# R/ h9 W" L4 V3 v
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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/ Y4 i4 v4 u i4 w0 Pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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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
2 v9 g6 L5 B* W% ~% u. Ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." F3 L7 k$ G* w. R9 y) u
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ Y( o0 M4 q& A! _, Q! ]4 U" A1 a9 ]$ \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# R" H; B5 ~" X* l0 @
fotograf 20% shorter.) G m, n" c! y3 r' C
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 [$ X, F9 J) _/ K1 Y6 ^+ }; ^! freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& r( Q7 i# c: U# d+ w0 a! I0 X0 r/ K \
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ e1 n6 }- {2 y- N% [$ G7 ^ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ l4 Y" P! v8 P0 X; M! N
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- o1 C, D8 X1 q+ y. pdisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 _. u1 d T6 s1 ?; t"z" and "w" with "v".
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9 `4 Q) t( q% [* H$ ^During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# S0 ]; @: ?' }# \, g. E* ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 }$ S( G( z5 t( Z& U
$ G# u' i& Z* B4 e1 K$ u; YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
# P# f! Z" m$ w8 m( m3 P5 P9 gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.7 @# T* v8 b, k& ^1 G
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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! G/ ?/ p# n, _# v; ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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