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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.2 S. ~: j- Y- D
* e* R2 [1 j9 b |0 @As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English5 ^7 ?) b# {9 L
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! z( T, t P$ a: B' w$ V* uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 L) D! E) Z" ~3 A5 F/ B- v- H
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 G# V5 L/ x' A. S1 Qthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
. h9 L2 c7 m3 \" ^- `9 i: ^! R% okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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5 E- R& e$ {8 l/ a) [! nThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 P; N6 ], I8 S8 e# e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 t( G. L U6 K S3 ?
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to, j* k4 _3 O) G9 o5 v
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.) J* E v/ L4 U2 Q0 `
1 f% J! b/ T6 K/ c7 |' n! xGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 J `9 V$ J) [; d4 ?
ben a deterent to akurate speling.4 _( Z9 ^ L: [. v' _
* X, ]/ f& x/ x3 p; kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 }* n {) C; Q) C* ~
disgrasful and it should go away.; m$ [% l5 c' U
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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Q5 p2 e9 Q& H% y5 [* h2 fDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ C9 l" P1 _3 C" I' Q i6 vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- u1 ^2 }0 t2 TZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" z. b6 |+ ], t6 a
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
i3 N) U, O3 t) z, E' ~7 v2 V) vUnd 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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