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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
% v& Z* j4 M: |# F. h$ g( S3 hspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
3 |% n8 u9 ?. n. A5 G; q6 Aplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 C$ | I- x- I% }$ X
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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9 C* Z, X# h; ~& {$ tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up% e# Z/ q# h( A1 W7 Q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., S7 {( \) W# B) _ ?. s7 {
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8 F* ~+ [: E/ ?: t2 a( i' R2 SThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: d( D5 ~* \+ y5 O$ V9 B8 etroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
/ Z9 C( @3 q- _. N" j# R* Efotograf 20% shorter.
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' S0 O; x' a, Y, ]2 @1 TIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 K* {8 u V# E3 V
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 ?: A) y* h' {6 yGovernments 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. G, L- ^) K, o, k! \+ M: M( f
disgrasful and it should go away.( u7 ~+ t1 n+ ?; u
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with x: V! J! M+ D) v
"z" and "w" with "v"." F- m+ Y+ E% z9 u- G9 t. G
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* i1 x! f$ ~4 J; T- f: T2 Z, K0 V
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' z7 Q( ~0 n2 b1 [' W
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) l3 E# D: ?- k3 n2 z @7 s
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." P2 \- j* k8 Y) W+ A; L. h/ Q; _; E g
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 ~' ?3 x! r+ j, yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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