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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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; V! l( W8 t4 A- c- w, u2 J* DAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 t# _0 L" r8 V K$ c1 X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ U' m( u4 P$ h! T8 V. y+ s
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, L" h8 B; {( M* u7 \, l5 c6 C7 _
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 F% _8 e) L" ?8 U3 Y- g M; f* h% ?) E
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( j+ o# S8 H. s/ dkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ I9 q* L' o" q; g; ?& V
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9 S& W$ h: p2 S9 l9 G6 QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- E. x& x7 Y G# P% P$ Y( ^troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
5 l4 a' B8 T3 X) i: g) K, k! Sfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& o, Q9 x9 r9 H: Q' J# k7 ~6 X3 O
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always: T! Y! N! S7 O2 |
ben a deterent to akurate speling.' _. N1 ^9 a( M1 w7 a
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 Z* b# \6 R# }' X# w* s' ldisgrasful and it should go away.
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+ _+ a2 }, m8 o6 KBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* o; A- j0 }4 T6 V: P"z" and "w" with "v".
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" P# H: a% P0 i2 ?/ ?During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 ?+ X1 ], g, d8 w+ G- o; [. e3 b
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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, C( `8 u2 P |, lZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. u1 c* N# W1 C3 h% D2 x" dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
+ U, N1 c4 j- Z' {- t6 }. I# o0 P/ hUnd 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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