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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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5 @! V; Z. L2 b" ^6 O- Fplan 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
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& P# B k" b5 ?9 b6 R8 |" ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( |( s- m6 _% L A2 D0 v
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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" N6 @- T$ C! S$ O+ P# H" e/ C$ r& UIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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' Y! y% t7 I6 N7 ?4 U% k PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ D/ Y! X2 ~: E
disgrasful and it should go away.4 H) x* \8 _; f, s
5 \4 n: Y+ P9 c6 a6 x! VBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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: ?- X$ r" S' C# b: M6 ODuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. L3 i5 T6 V0 V u
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.2 r9 }! Q; L9 N. ]: }6 Q
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" R- G' ]5 P/ g# K3 c
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru./ h9 \1 I3 C9 z" n
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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