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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
: ^+ S' i% w1 Q* xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
L' q9 B. L1 e( P3 d4 i( U1 Splan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: M1 n# c+ W( U1 {( S2 }% F1 DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 d2 G, n# p" }. ^) v- K$ p0 Y3 ?6 h
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 J+ E8 G9 i& {9 A3 p4 C( H: V
" {5 i$ s( b8 O8 v; A4 C* A& aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 G; _1 Y5 g q( Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ H" R# R- K- ~& p3 k+ y# ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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, S% W% U/ F. S0 b! |In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
n9 w. Q# `. X. w Y$ rreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.8 G, Y, \- s1 R, W
7 Y9 ] D- m5 n' t) N- i P0 SGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 m. T( r9 [* k
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! N- D9 Z6 j, w' K6 t0 |" m8 e7 xAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ j. w) l) w0 w4 t `1 ?
disgrasful and it should go away./ [* Q& O- j' X+ k* j# u! z
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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* V' ?% O6 h/ h2 [- kDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ j/ ^7 u) H$ Aafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 k! y7 C! H' _& O0 z5 j
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
5 f& v1 u6 v& R; M+ J$ cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! b* _# ]6 h, S+ j
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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