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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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% g& I: \/ B5 D: I* iAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. h/ f. O/ x1 x7 {1 y! t2 t
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 q3 q9 w8 n! t' O, O
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 T7 d* K3 v, }6 Z6 |5 P
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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F+ V1 v9 v$ R; h+ d# c# Q- tThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
8 T# q6 |9 u. B* vtroublesome "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- w+ J4 ?( p p# w1 e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.+ J7 E$ ? t1 q* ^( X5 a; l
7 x& ^9 H/ ]5 u4 @) A9 u: w `+ cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- P( d1 |/ a9 Bben a deterent to akurate speling." o! ]! u- F- R# J
- X; A9 n. z0 O6 GAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ v" \5 V# X1 Q8 l2 J6 H4 y1 Tdisgrasful and it should go away.0 z3 i8 W/ W3 z1 T/ u! \: P. p
2 O! t3 q, u* C4 A6 Z! v3 GBy 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
- j- {8 i6 v' x" D* K2 X& ?after 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 tu
9 w6 G6 o- E' W0 V: H; sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 z/ M" a& v( Z% lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* u' a# \3 }8 x7 V( y5 `6 V
forst plas.
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' a! F8 O) l$ B rIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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