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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 English9 s% a1 y4 Q+ s7 w; P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
! G6 f" e4 Q8 O, ^5 Z3 T9 }" d7 ]4 hplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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; o* W9 S& X5 N: qIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 E4 Y4 {4 H1 q" s0 t5 i; m- r$ @# |
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8 j: m, a# t, D. q, o* U' \The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up( k! q6 `8 d. d( P( w
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) k, r/ ~# `+ i$ e
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( V$ V2 G2 ~7 m, r. v, ^- RThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' I3 r9 Z+ j9 p: F, z0 D; ]
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- e6 ?. A) V" h8 v0 P4 [ u: `. h
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# A _7 G( f0 }( [" V( F5 d v6 kreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. S5 D/ A& {2 T1 j* M% k" k7 c! o0 K
) g) J8 C( \: U6 Y" f f% ~ P9 ]Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always+ f; Y8 p) N& E3 b! e
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
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By 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
# T$ |# `8 U' P2 `9 ^! p7 Safter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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0 c# ?8 g- R7 d) ^5 w$ WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 v# f; e8 Q( E) ]
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 X7 N! p5 R. y2 j9 L
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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