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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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; V( G% D! `; jAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
- t; h% U' j0 b$ k+ b3 W2 Z0 w) W! d" ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. ^/ j( g9 B0 xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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! J4 b( u1 J5 U" U% E( g$ P: `: `In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: q7 D3 V* U; }: C; r' g8 ithe sivil servants jump with joy.
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/ V3 J% v3 C% M2 k1 j& oThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up" J, n' h3 Q1 t8 R( d
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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) z7 z/ n, S R7 gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ _+ M; I* v- w, r& r! B8 d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
1 d1 @ c- j# E3 F2 \: pfotograf 20% shorter.
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. [' S, {. @. H6 M% ~) [/ y4 iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; X' ~9 t* M# c0 B2 H1 Wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.0 K* q& O& m8 C, N! H* S
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
- j& l9 I K$ v: Uben 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
# M7 L, a$ a8 }1 ^disgrasful and it should go away.
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+ o: `7 E% R! ~8 T$ I7 R9 r) QBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* D+ v4 b ]9 {( R4 i1 `, w5 a3 F
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and2 j3 d; y# K% Z) O- x
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 m2 S6 c/ _; l& C
& i8 i& h" e; ]9 OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
& b7 O- x" I" I% e9 kunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- P% R# D' D: U; p. A$ ^. _
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" v/ Q4 p' _* r1 s8 y* ?: A- \
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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