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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
6 {0 |1 t) L) o' @( _spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in, h5 p% P3 Z$ Q4 H, Q4 l" D% _: f
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( i4 y1 y2 \- z4 D3 f5 z- Q" f/ Z
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 L. w5 ?+ _4 S8 K2 L n
the sivil servants jump with joy.6 G' w$ d" e8 C, l& x
1 L- X7 S* R: q; [9 ]The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 I1 f$ t( H6 M. `# ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.! D* c" s0 k0 L
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 s- Z: k5 C) }9 M
troublesome "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 to6 k+ p* t/ U$ X/ q. |
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.7 M) S, `6 {4 S; U3 B8 ]
3 _2 X; K. ^1 x+ U' N7 dGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% p5 e& ]7 l6 m( i. b
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% b! H* R" }8 B" U5 _/ y
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is5 y8 |3 p/ f, _% G, r+ G
disgrasful and it should go away.. \& E% F6 o! Z/ Z
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- F" d3 O& a$ I
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and; [* P- `" E& M1 x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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7 y' d) ]1 { s/ eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
1 L, {3 L, l- c9 {$ f/ Iunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 a& C; Q U! {2 {Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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$ U7 z" c- r! FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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