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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 e d- C# l5 j' kspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 ?1 h% o$ z" E' i0 oplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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6 d; i0 V5 y T5 e7 e+ V# z: |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make. X3 j+ o1 H- Q. f2 ~. q
the sivil servants jump with joy.+ m; X: e) x0 J9 O
' X4 |/ f; K0 L6 O% x& }The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 [- F+ Z. v2 R, }7 ~' |0 E5 {/ o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.) ^1 c4 p2 S$ N9 @: c
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, o, u$ t- ?, Q7 ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
2 ~5 u& c& ?6 @) }, j1 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ |7 A: Q! `. W7 |
fotograf 20% shorter.' j8 @& V: a% ^* p w! C v3 Z, Z3 O
5 v( I+ v$ U+ Q' Q/ `& m) O8 EIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" X3 _. R. v0 `& ?8 f8 W. }$ Ereach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# S7 P! l8 c, d$ p3 ^6 X
& }) R3 [( V8 h# Q- e3 R% WGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 O* _: e$ N& F) f9 j% O4 H; l* Bben a deterent to akurate speling., b: S1 Y# f' t& D
, O Z# q. O3 TAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% U" J9 n; o! Q- T/ v
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! K" I- X% T) C: Z% Jafter 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 tu9 h2 A! c- N2 N% G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 i/ D* B3 ], iUnd 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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