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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
9 O& r0 r, ?/ \$ l: ?spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 i" W" S6 H+ D4 H7 t& @
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ O5 K" a, _9 d$ ^- a8 }% E8 TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 z7 Y! Y- S& a' Q7 {6 I* e/ X
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ w. C6 z7 d$ K) v! f# r4 \$ I' z5 |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the! h% i, _/ ~ R. B4 y# i& F
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 to! A6 H$ y7 Y0 g$ ^; o& Z5 w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.$ G9 T* w' z7 H! K% o0 P2 K! t
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always9 P: y+ t) }: O( y" f- Z& V
ben a deterent to akurate speling.4 b$ V* d2 i( E1 q3 o! L' |
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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# ^! x+ \& F5 r/ ~9 U) N1 l" FBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- T& U8 V6 r5 e: V2 G) v' s- j
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" V, i0 _+ m* C& A/ `+ B- L. F* ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.' g0 ]9 r: `" c* W( U) v
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu) X2 p0 a; T: [
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.3 k9 H2 |0 t6 g$ f( Q% C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze5 P- z; W! J( Y" a8 E
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8 L% j4 a& M' N6 s- c4 }6 qIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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