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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English {: N9 Y3 _, Z) K8 t& ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
2 D+ P0 @: |2 J0 Z0 V0 b4 Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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) o* ~7 E, v5 d0 XIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ K4 G) U. N0 J% Q+ Nthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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: M$ y) F* Q8 x/ ~; `$ b, CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; z( E; P. Q ~2 ^1 }- _/ [ x6 ~konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. t/ H7 e9 A, i& m8 \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like# r8 ]7 Q; l1 J
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to) C% `! A% ` Q" C: o
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 E4 v/ z: c8 c% _Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 z. H6 l$ o- s# A, |" C' ^* y5 d
ben a deterent to akurate speling.( x/ G; K3 A; j! {( V; r
8 W2 s% S" [0 I" C/ IAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 E+ ~3 g* L" H& K! P# W
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By 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"and1 q6 v% ]: c& O" R0 `- i" u5 W
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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# M( ~4 P* y8 D* tZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
( G$ V8 W' \6 s2 `9 x6 |% Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
/ h6 V j" W2 \/ A5 w, A1 Q/ hUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze; @: J+ d* K3 y1 c6 y' \
forst plas.
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3 c, K4 b0 a6 q' R: Y; ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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