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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+ ~* D7 H& B- Z1 v: m( ]5 U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 M- p1 \1 m/ o! q4 A* T2 r1 `( nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& S0 h7 n g/ K/ h
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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8 e4 [* R g- M: B5 }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ i) A0 R: w# ]
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 to2 N2 Q( s- U; u) d2 {" F6 H4 y1 Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( |% B0 j/ Q+ O# e# X
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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' m* p/ {8 f! E# L+ p& r7 E0 g
disgrasful and it should go away.6 L% }* e/ _8 [/ p. V: m5 d
' b9 }8 L+ N0 m eBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with% Z) p' F6 k! Y1 `& ?4 Q
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and: z4 d0 o0 U8 J1 W- e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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9 h! g- C# O8 ^$ d- HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu! {: v2 I; T c. u2 t V9 u2 ?; T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. N- L* y9 s( f) @- w# v1 h% S9 S" ?
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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7 N7 W% J, y$ B" Y$ P" LIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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