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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will/ X3 B/ V7 F$ x8 m- j/ Y
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- a6 `, J% @) [( X! e3 [) H+ }! n
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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1 C {/ j; L$ V7 v; Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 x4 i/ q' c0 k
$ S* V* Q# ]) ]7 G3 h! t( s0 `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
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
' f( r" G8 v3 U. f' q# Ptroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 X+ d& m& J/ B8 }2 ]3 I3 {fotograf 20% shorter.6 W% n2 P- Q) N. v5 e& ~" e1 p( u
$ p! M( ]* g- WIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
7 T( T" A4 a! Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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+ X% O" x' V% D" e. kGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 y1 [. u6 x: ^- ?2 w5 D* Bben a deterent to akurate speling.5 {- m# U3 a4 d2 C! m8 Z, }
' o, T, ]; k2 f' w& lAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 f j" h: c6 g& Z" W& I" M+ A
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
x, c$ Y- Y9 F4 U$ u3 B* ]! ^"z" and "w" with "v".
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2 F3 J- k5 V/ j+ H- i3 S5 GDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ {6 c* S: r7 Z0 h& f2 Y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 S: o; ]+ m) _ A5 ^9 g: V8 X
1 j: I- L) Q4 h2 PZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' g! r) g) z0 x0 x7 N1 H# k6 [( ]understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& U* B( _. L @6 KUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% Z% c: r) v6 R) P
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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