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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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2 \1 Q3 u1 ~- S/ }* LAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
9 a3 F. A1 w: |+ y/ g4 E& Jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ r& ^. H- d p8 \
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( e1 o1 `- `6 I" E
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 q3 u% Z$ z- p7 z1 f; Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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, u5 r! ?/ v/ ~% O' g/ c! MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ O# w w0 G+ y+ v9 w0 V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: B' {# v1 P* ~7 b: f6 e6 \
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% Z% F* m v" f3 i5 F6 xThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 |; s8 P# d! m4 |troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ U- d/ W! F. {8 i0 T# mfotograf 20% shorter.
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' j& ?7 z6 z- T4 M- ^& U- ~In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- c. b8 x/ J/ W5 m0 u( W
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. N7 t: J$ s3 d2 Z% Q% o
6 }4 O' i8 e8 Z7 w2 j6 y5 SGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
1 S: w* i7 J, d# k0 ]/ Eben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! E1 Y1 ^; V1 MAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is3 l/ q) g; z) P' P% Z. Q5 J
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 r, P; |# F! m
"z" and "w" with "v".
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1 b+ u" W4 \. E. G# E+ j1 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. }0 O' @' \% K' G$ d( K
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 tu8 m' ~( ~( ?6 @" B; x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 ? D- A+ G- G
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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