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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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! Z3 n( I6 E4 [9 ~- S- zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English z; L6 o! |% R; j
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" `+ A/ {7 l4 b) d" K
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 ^% b& b# [0 r4 M0 Y! ] I
4 i/ M3 Q4 I# AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ Z9 [+ ~9 s) a' C5 r- f
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up- f4 \ W8 Z, s* V$ j9 x% H* t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 {8 T$ P+ ]* x* a# M
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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; d7 w+ o* ^2 ~2 GIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, U8 k5 f9 p1 I' O; q d: K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 `# r9 t; Y! I
5 Y7 [! Q1 T3 D0 uGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 \0 ~: b1 K9 S6 f( T9 g) G- s) n
ben a deterent to akurate speling.3 t4 Q3 s" r: Q$ V; |3 c, p+ @1 ^3 b
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
Z+ O9 J9 A% ?4 K0 [% Idisgrasful and it should go away.
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& G% n2 y; W( d: `1 lBy 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
! _0 s! I3 q" Wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& H$ @6 C$ L2 X* f2 W: o- aZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 X: A4 t# F! n4 ]5 x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 X( H! ]& Z& N, G; D; P
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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