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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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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. {' x2 `; E" E# |, s% Q* H) y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) K4 z) b- F% y, N& _. P2 m aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 L4 M' E( j4 G$ kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter./ w0 {7 F1 { i# U! B
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% r& _1 j, ]6 [) pThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the# J3 s7 M5 S, c3 D) J6 u7 W
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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% h( P6 o+ f% t. r6 ]3 |) b$ c; YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 V G% ]/ ]' X5 m, ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% G- G: m; S. W, c+ q+ u
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# r1 q+ a% m7 ]$ R, U2 A$ H
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is& T- @) G" ~0 }& ?
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- _( ], p. J% A- B. R p- [& O G
"z" and "w" with "v"." \+ |! F5 `* `" E3 h, o
6 U" X! m C! o2 ^7 j% oDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
; U+ t2 s* C( }& K! }; U! \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.- Y% P4 }8 h# C" [. [: W# [
* V: \; J6 B0 U; G" sZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. v, S* W' v0 d& g/ T* K$ Kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
$ g% J% Q. x9 _# @Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! ?# ]. \3 I4 r6 H$ n) T7 w3 c/ r3 ?
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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