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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+ x% C2 F' P' S( C: ^1 p0 |
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: ?' |1 P" S7 Q& |plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".7 Y |' B; a. |# A4 e
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' o5 w! Y6 ~$ G6 skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the8 b6 K {: E; J
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ v3 T+ ?, Q# q% c; n) D
fotograf 20% shorter.: s& [; Y1 Y3 S4 N
9 a2 L. q7 ?: H; @5 \$ e/ dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
4 n) u2 C& M9 }0 Z: G" {. n Freach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% b2 x8 {* @1 l! {' {, s
; j: y2 d8 x6 D4 d4 U' v, LGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
6 R- g, U4 b: C @3 Zben a deterent to akurate speling.4 h n, P1 G* t& ~: F; _( W6 H E
! E- `5 P1 x- z4 r# H7 i% a2 kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
" ~$ p( i" F' X# Mdisgrasful and it should go away.
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x2 C; b+ B; D* \2 c6 B) |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"and
1 G p, Q6 S, @after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 J" D2 y k, t7 z e6 u1 ^, E
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ k: X x) F: ^- i$ Y3 ?. n5 Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ _' z% P" ]6 G! h8 x
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 r- A* {! c' F% b1 m6 }! O' p+ jIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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