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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. @+ H X# a; w+ A }& o( lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* z; J) E: e) h; Lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- U" g4 M- `9 l3 e. B
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 U0 ~/ `; ?; ~' ~* H {
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 d% [6 w9 |, M7 X& Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
# z1 Q- `: U4 d: {- utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! U8 g* I4 Q4 Q$ `5 [fotograf 20% shorter.9 I+ P3 F5 ]( u8 n K
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, H2 u" @1 u9 F$ a3 R c3 ?reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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4 c# q$ X' x: }/ G$ Q5 V0 K* U* tGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
) \. l+ \6 D& r3 P/ mben 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
. ~% g* {) I4 Z9 C D+ {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"and, M5 X. ^1 `: s8 k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* x9 s- c- `; R4 O7 A; q9 k# y6 g
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
2 ^. h& S3 A Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( I+ S' W0 R- V7 J) E# F3 ?6 \Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: U( p. J% }3 Y- X/ L
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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