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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
, l5 J) w" x2 \' g; h+ jspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
, Q+ |; I, Y4 e/ d- m' B1 Y1 Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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. Z5 X6 n( t7 h) N9 F. y0 W1 `8 Z: CIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make u( v2 o) J5 Q( s* b% u. [2 u
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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, a/ u! n. S! K2 S! S: |" V+ j9 hThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 T# y' M. }) w3 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( e3 U4 d6 s% v. B3 uThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 Y# y- M4 @5 }+ a& @troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
, Z8 p' ]/ n" _( i7 H+ I4 }; rfotograf 20% shorter.) @) Q0 n2 S' G6 g, V% M
1 ^& W9 K9 A9 _, g. w6 L* L, HIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
$ q; a% a: p! d5 M% E: xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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5 g, Z: m2 V) A* o- B0 P4 I5 f$ wGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' N- N' y4 Y7 U, Q. j% Z1 m- b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ y) h$ `/ m1 q* b
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 I J, G9 F3 J" b$ p V: k
disgrasful and it should go away.# Y( M- M8 V6 q- Z8 q( _* |
0 h7 @0 O' i+ v% t- k7 m+ X" `By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
7 U2 Q, c$ U+ a0 ?' H"z" and "w" with "v".
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. v* c9 ^4 C* iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 L: h% ]/ e0 A* D3 S, B; ?: F- n9 Pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; e, K5 W+ p; q+ }
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
2 ]8 K5 t0 i; v! A; cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 L' |$ w- }* w! HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 J1 n: M# T+ H) X9 @: Y3 q! MIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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