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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.
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4 Z* k6 q, e+ G. T! g0 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- k% x& s) K/ B) @" [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 s$ n# w$ u8 @) H0 X4 h( \& h4 S t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ V& b; f( `# S1 C6 v
. U8 F; {2 v4 p+ q4 zIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 C3 ^8 R! P+ `/ r/ ~the sivil servants jump with joy.. f( O$ Q0 i2 X$ @1 ]9 c
/ G' g m% A' Y# ^1 ~1 [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% F* p4 z* S2 A! {/ j4 N2 Kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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2 [' D! n. d' O! B6 rThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 R2 j% k4 B) J' f; t2 ^) K, Ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- O4 l$ G+ E3 V4 w2 ~' n
fotograf 20% shorter.0 G4 |/ T& i# O/ D/ o
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
1 o) T+ D( g% g, Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
5 [% K- O, ~: y% y" iben a deterent to akurate speling.
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7 b- U o6 u3 wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) m1 y& B; v" o6 S. _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 E* K. u- x( H6 i& o. i3 C, G, i$ S5 L
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: z; ] P+ P) m n7 y0 d( D0 q
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.# ~' u* s; s9 {; |4 L- _( O7 K
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
6 l, H: i+ y6 c! F0 F- Tunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# ^* |# y0 q" R5 |* {! B8 D: R6 Q @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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