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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 i% }; `) i9 R0 j: @
be 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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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 Z5 @# \- E. W0 S+ N9 C: ~% y
; m5 F" J. }3 e# u) V: SIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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" y$ W7 }: g" u/ CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: J+ p* v" N$ D6 B! k( N8 D
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 s4 ?, Z7 q u0 h4 A2 W d6 i/ W
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the7 S5 v0 G6 e. ` c2 n% f
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. b6 {& G' ]$ x; ], w! T
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, I6 ]4 \2 U7 N0 V
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 b- G5 Q& d8 j# x* J, O/ }- _
6 q8 J) o6 J! i \. @" J* `4 NGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* i, X; r+ e: A$ c
ben a deterent to akurate speling.; p4 f* ]# @$ D' h: N
1 A, W4 R! }3 H, K6 o9 w2 jAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; E% m2 e6 [* S; ^, s+ ^
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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5 D( q& V" s/ t3 n& TDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and) x4 d# N+ v+ T! A3 P) E2 p
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 tu: c% j) B1 [1 y: M7 r
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
* @. l' T- i9 T5 O8 c% v& fUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 w; |& n3 n- L) f, \$ k( E
forst plas.
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* l! G( Z; b' b# x7 lIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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