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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will f7 E7 X3 ?$ [8 \
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 }2 K, l# t" J3 l
the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. O; I' V, N% @& d2 i
the sivil servants jump with joy.5 Z% \6 R3 ]& U0 }0 ]; E
0 ^# f# q: `! ~: e; g. ZThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
2 S- f- q: [' rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 b) |4 t3 B" a, a* N$ @; Y F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- x- G: K+ ?, ^! E/ R
fotograf 20% shorter.: | B3 E, U$ k0 D5 A9 w
, L- F( z; T# R: O& P6 d" g2 |6 g+ kIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 f" ~) H6 d$ Q! f0 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( S4 m9 [* ~" n, w+ w
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is, x4 R9 i, {, R2 u4 T# @
disgrasful and it should go away.
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$ j' w1 u- q7 QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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5 O- D8 i0 [5 v5 I' c" JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! J4 ?2 D: e9 m. e+ [2 g% A: S, v2 Iafter 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 tu4 M1 S+ s/ N- h1 m& n8 q* B2 |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* i6 ^, Y7 ^2 g1 J, s. d- gUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 q3 ^ Q9 d) O9 D& nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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