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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& w. i$ z N: P3 E/ r9 S* ^2 c
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was- c/ G# V H' ~0 ~2 ]0 B0 u* O
the other possibility.8 n$ O' H$ q% j1 @6 N. l5 X( x
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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4 p! z, u1 H, } G, Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
9 h$ g- P; i6 o, W" `; Lthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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( e4 j+ }3 h/ m8 o! t3 ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 T, s. W% W0 ~/ ~8 K( e. r& _% x& V0 x
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." Z! `5 \! w# w4 d$ ^
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5 ?1 M7 n7 w8 g6 SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 J8 X+ c1 g. ^8 }
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like! w9 U& Y( D2 s! ]2 u3 S9 B
fotograf 20% shorter.3 H* c5 Z1 h6 U: t C
( D& }% L1 E/ z# wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ `( r5 a' v! i2 V5 e' @, s: G& e3 f
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( e* ~/ K9 s8 g4 H6 o- s
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always- v) t/ \* ~& j3 t& L4 r6 E7 [0 q; H6 Y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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8 T7 ^+ ~, ^/ X% kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
H: ^; c5 K4 [5 N3 ]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
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8 N" D- M4 P {4 r$ }( ^During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; B T3 k/ u" A& v7 l3 xafter 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 tu9 Q1 n% d4 n" p0 ?4 C, { Y2 e% t
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 R8 d7 E( p8 f B
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 m! i) m5 T/ `5 A
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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