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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
V/ a8 v( ^5 h( G5 obe 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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: G+ H- P. ?% z8 n! `( Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) @+ t$ ~( A4 N
6 v( h" k; W' { G- q8 y2 [5 }In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make* J$ ^3 B$ A, ~
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 a2 D6 @: ?/ x% c p
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.& ]. C. i. h. R7 w% h$ w
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: z/ L0 g0 n* y/ C) V. X5 Q6 R1 rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; h6 ~3 ], O+ s& x+ H( b
fotograf 20% shorter.5 L6 O( ~0 P7 y- K' F, E0 `0 ?
$ q0 ?% J' D6 G) z$ T" q- wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: K! W5 K4 g8 h
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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9 e5 j3 M# U5 S% `Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
4 ~& G' X- b! t" S2 pben a deterent to akurate speling.
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/ \" |/ c& b* F- s* a" x) ~Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
: |: m, L7 t( C! U @. n; P$ s, xdisgrasful and it should go away.! d% j3 d5 N( w* x
+ D1 Y1 R0 R: F* O7 oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 i' j& M& z2 P K2 i0 \
"z" and "w" with "v".6 I I; i' V( N: m4 m9 U
. p" b0 X3 U* X% k& qDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: y% e0 b/ v- {5 J' T+ ?
after 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 tu8 X7 Y; F2 v# n& a- O
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. c9 Q$ b* \3 d1 |* d* V- L" V
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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5 P! g& z6 n8 x6 YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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