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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 English0 F! k: @( O& f- w' @. H( i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
& q- Y9 r! e' s9 ^* }5 \; lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 P/ X3 P6 a- e) M7 S; j
6 Z+ W, Q4 u; t u+ Q# X, V! L2 gIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# f2 }; V( u+ b' a/ n N% u# h6 `
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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1 }* l) o: @4 o& IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
6 y% P1 m/ l2 g' o/ r* Ekonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 J3 r$ Z$ Q9 q3 W; c$ C: QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the2 d4 c' X/ }6 T/ `( \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" N) \3 _ \% \3 @: Y' P3 C
fotograf 20% shorter.' Q7 R% L, o; [! s
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& |! ~/ O0 j5 w* X9 {* o6 freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
, k4 ~/ I [9 d* l) Zben a deterent to akurate speling.
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* y: D9 b8 s* Y8 J! [Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 b0 ]: I& `6 A( Q; [
disgrasful and it should go away.
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* n! r) K- `/ c1 `: eBy 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
& T* H" |" {: S+ Hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 m. Z, T5 s! B% |$ t- \. f" CZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 E: W& x0 ^3 w4 b! P5 \ S5 Z" hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 w+ t! c; K9 r' B- {' w) aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 n: d2 @) H( v* l# b; \
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" ?- B3 _: m; I& IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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