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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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9 g% T" ^, c4 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* J+ Q! p$ h( F" h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! ~% U0 C# u8 K$ G1 t! b; B3 R3 c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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7 R6 s8 @8 {, c$ M' X: \1 MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: W) c2 B' O0 U& K1 {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
! L' `$ m) {8 A9 \0 q# q0 P4 ~5 Xkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. Y+ A; _# ~0 G6 ^; t
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* K' B( ? l; B3 X2 dThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 a8 h5 X& c4 a+ k, `, g; j
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
: ]% ~7 H+ g; K6 Lfotograf 20% shorter.& w3 m2 o; Q5 }
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" Z: B- w0 ~" s7 V! b
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. d- {2 P- A3 o6 h3 aGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" y' D# K! z+ Z9 b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.& |/ R9 R* Q* {( `
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
) \. l# n# V- F r# [( F4 i# mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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B3 M6 Q; ^9 s9 SBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# M3 T2 u3 m- }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 s" z, M" e. j+ K' g! b) x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." o" }7 o8 L4 d: e$ T1 V5 h
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu6 ^+ h* m/ x+ t p$ q" k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 m2 H. \/ L! t7 O6 n/ c
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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* }0 Z( o1 z, vIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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