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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will. {# L( G- G; I) i
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was$ ]# I8 i9 ?( N$ p& z
the other possibility.
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5 ]7 T1 {" [8 \2 l0 W7 O' QAs 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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; V9 e& R5 h1 x% |8 c3 yIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, j" F$ f! V; C# |- E% p- Z
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 v: v6 t8 D- Z: Z7 M- f! ]& VThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 z5 q6 s' y3 \) P8 g7 Q8 Vkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.4 E( M9 f2 l \: G o- H* y; I
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" G7 n& Q- G7 Q+ h2 Z( b! A* [5 Z- j/ itroublesome "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- K2 J' V$ A; Q2 K/ c* V: ?6 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& \, v6 M% S" p9 r9 x3 o, y
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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
& C! D4 y& J$ y9 C- U. T. fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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i) J5 C W3 ?# d6 F/ P# u+ XBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 U% P! }2 O2 x | V
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; o7 ~4 f- M- b( ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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$ I& `8 `5 I) y0 G( J8 |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 p* g+ `, I2 O0 {: P: v V Q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 d! X& _, Z5 ^$ N5 OUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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8 A5 Z& Y% q. Z( w: ^If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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