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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
5 p4 r6 O6 ?' }8 M) f% f; Nspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! r* U m) ^; a1 D, tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
7 q6 [8 u* H$ {! A& Othe sivil servants jump with joy.1 ^1 b' [4 `! ~. M
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& O E, T( T5 O5 Y( e8 ~5 nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
" S3 f* e# ]9 ~# R- etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. f, @: a) X& r0 A$ `fotograf 20% shorter.- v/ ^# r8 d! R3 A
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
9 p0 y O% {% Ereach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; |. {+ U/ A' m- q- b6 D# |
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# ^, K. x8 Q3 _& g: uben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* m6 U$ M4 o) F8 X+ zAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. c6 G: N# D1 ? D2 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" with0 v& J- t2 R2 q( q( }: J
"z" and "w" with "v".2 Z, J. s; R3 s0 E0 n0 {
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and3 l( v8 o& p: q8 y8 s' `
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 P- p* Z6 ~3 o, BZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 _2 V( f7 k* k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.2 Y1 G' D; i9 a9 s8 U6 j/ y
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ W1 H* V& W- }3 o# }4 i# M
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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