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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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& m: E* F& j$ K: }7 B: bAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English, a" R- n: A+ @: l! Z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 K& ]; H' R, w8 Wplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".* n, g; n. q5 P' O8 j- T
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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& V# }( K7 m& g3 ?+ _$ dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- i& q- \0 E- f3 M3 ?
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- ~- w# x* J& F' Q5 G, {/ Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# e o' K# v# _$ m
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. N; C: Y* Z; Z. o
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' R# f& ~5 e$ d
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 tu
. a& h( k9 ` x6 L/ {6 dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' u7 J" {3 o6 I( p iUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze- A% q: D B+ t% X% G2 R
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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