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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.1 a, |) a1 q r! j& ~
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ G( l9 ~9 l, M! w6 c, Q+ G
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ ~( M* ~; w: \; cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& C4 T' p* s$ A% y. L& dthe sivil servants jump with joy.' l& b2 O5 J5 S& @
0 Q1 P8 w$ c+ e5 ]( PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, ^6 }) u0 N9 S( y6 O/ ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! ^2 G4 ~' b1 Q# E
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?$ X% J1 D/ S6 d" WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( `# K- \7 h" t6 f; q! [. _' V! v& ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% u6 }, d" ^$ p2 L# x
fotograf 20% shorter.
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8 k" x0 v: r `( A8 [! CIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* A5 t( F) `& C7 rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* \& F J( d$ L: y
! x. {3 V( Q/ Y1 ~7 n8 }. xGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
" j/ _ n" Q9 v6 h/ N1 P2 ]1 mben a deterent to akurate speling.: v: Z6 v+ E+ s- A6 f0 P' r
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
, S" }. z7 u. P% Q1 k9 p3 Gdisgrasful and it should go away.
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7 v3 f" k* v7 m+ t yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with) |' t; b' K4 ^# P9 S* }$ L
"z" and "w" with "v".$ i9 f2 I% H2 w% ~" b l- L& {5 O
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* C% ~/ ~: z- t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( g5 N$ @- Z: B+ t: pZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu/ g1 q8 y8 x0 e' K8 \
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- b2 [9 T" ?6 B2 v6 E* F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: ^+ v$ z* c: Q0 s' s8 \; `2 v5 \
forst plas.
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, s4 k& m, K0 k0 oIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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