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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will1 h# e. P, a4 n, l
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was" v/ @0 p0 a' g; y. @$ H7 U
the other possibility.
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8 M+ T$ I& @: L& zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".! b, Z3 p: N+ }/ v* ~
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" l0 _. T1 |; i( e& q5 h
the sivil servants jump with joy.9 J8 `/ h( `4 s5 H3 P% e2 Z! h1 D
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ a/ H4 ~2 t& E/ j% stroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 D3 h% R; `% R- Z9 yfotograf 20% shorter.& Z x$ C5 P |+ R
! i- C1 K, |+ b) [, l0 FIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ p+ G1 g2 Z8 p0 ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.1 u8 p9 E' O3 ` R; p6 w0 W @
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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* u+ A8 l8 D& N! m3 D* ^2 CAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( O2 v2 G' d( w
disgrasful and it should go away.2 n" E) J# _$ I
7 L; b& W2 Z$ ?8 x% C4 mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' f5 _1 u* D7 x% s% e
"z" and "w" with "v".( K4 s+ J, z K' k8 ?7 s( D
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 N* K6 y: g* V1 R" l6 D& ^! N, V# 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. L7 O8 O% ^# u4 O7 w! L
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 V0 _ a7 B$ p7 Q y# Z2 g2 {5 ]
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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& m, }6 K; [! C m9 V$ B9 }If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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