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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will0 |+ }7 Z6 d8 V. U
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".8 y0 o- ^6 p! |: R% w+ v5 U- q$ U2 Z
i8 B. n% G- G( m' [In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; c7 o5 e0 ~- rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 e% p' @/ n I; R9 |& o. d9 C
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' h( X, [5 P" T# u( GThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
% S& h2 t# Z: W; n; B; L Btroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; f( F; |* I T: h! m
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. G9 l3 B: T7 y% q) K( ~* a
; y- i3 w8 s* v, h9 bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 @* [1 ~. u d, m
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" A2 J) t( T. ~5 N: H( IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- \5 ]0 T5 |" `/ Z- n( r* u
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. S; g2 ]* g$ l; \4 F r: g
"z" and "w" with "v".( c# Y/ l; S: k
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and5 A" Z# [1 A9 i: c1 s" V8 q' U
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, n! X/ v5 \. A1 s
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% Q; [( @- q: i- h
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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