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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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3 R; h7 N2 r! `5 ?% B0 T" a3 z( eAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ ]3 l, w8 b& ~2 [1 m3 i
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 i7 ], P' @, v/ W- i' F8 pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ O* P. w, a8 ^- ]6 R; \. W
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
/ T1 |, l8 }. N) t: Pthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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) b1 Z- ?1 h' ^There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 i3 C7 @' c7 x( i& ]/ @' Etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 w% z9 Z( W; b, M2 I' ~fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always8 V2 d" e# j. u
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( @8 O* U* k; t2 N
8 B8 a, D, P' m |. UAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* z1 P6 n' z0 `- @: u
disgrasful and it should go away.* Q% S& V8 j* s! _2 ]
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' \7 M, o* [: ?6 V
"z" and "w" with "v".+ c7 U/ P4 S; I/ e) s9 [
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% P& J# P( ]! u# Y6 s- n4 o* }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- J3 [( i. ^1 J3 sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( R5 @5 H3 Z) q/ K+ w! {( w3 }
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
8 x9 a e7 a2 ~% Y, p, [9 wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, b5 p4 D+ G- s! S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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