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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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+ Y J3 @6 d' K1 f2 b, k# b( oAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! S# e3 Q) }. ?6 V" Uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 n3 }- M& N! s4 e* \
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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- e( W2 G* S4 y2 A& IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 x% c5 _; J7 xthe sivil servants jump with joy.4 c* r1 }, i! _, x. C" \
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: y. S7 C8 \' A0 o) _! J
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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( R# `7 \; l" `- h! h! ^$ y! G, wThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 a) F1 ?, o# O& w, Ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 x* b1 ~2 y: Q' I {
fotograf 20% shorter.
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0 Q8 E5 b" D- k. ^1 sIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to6 E! I4 X+ t1 q8 g6 l; a2 y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.4 W$ u' e& w, a- t& u ~9 J
) ~- t5 D9 @8 D5 f9 hGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) a& `( ~: J4 }8 T. b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ }$ `7 I2 L5 n3 ?& }- X& M E
disgrasful and it should go away.
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. B8 i) R" q3 F; NBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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5 j+ z4 Z# b7 q: k+ h, t6 K! c5 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ O# W. _- [$ ^" w. v
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., b7 Y7 i( A7 s& ^% @
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! [" {5 Z! J) l0 K/ D1 d' u5 F1 E) nunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ B+ J6 X V3 Z5 m8 T+ p6 U. K V. @Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) e3 ^$ d; Q4 N( A5 l! c/ `' `! w: j
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