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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
A/ N) k5 @5 ?: ]9 p# ?" `be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was6 q* n) ^+ }! i0 F( Q8 o6 s
the other possibility.
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) B' ]" ?- D3 g$ TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( s: w+ t8 i- A* B2 w% A% E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) b) d, n ]2 g0 g: W8 g6 l' d
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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" u; l# x U0 u; SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ A8 R$ `8 i+ r( G7 O% n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* F Y3 r8 U- A5 R& z8 X
fotograf 20% shorter.
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9 V9 q5 z1 K$ P( U* dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& F! \: a8 R, v' R4 r, J) ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ K- s$ `/ f( e# j2 z& |
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- H4 }3 c+ h/ u( _6 H! Nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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2 S5 g" i3 O8 Z# A% I2 p; tAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 C8 r; P W9 f: Z7 z# j3 q
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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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" q1 f/ u* p# m9 u
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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# w6 E6 Y4 b! j4 @Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. Y, s0 q- o" p
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." P; v3 ~7 b& d7 j. y0 @; g
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze1 N/ v% X+ l9 a! q \- R
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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