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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
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".: \/ ?; e* P8 u* g8 U
* Y6 c# f* [- _' n/ S7 vIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
8 x9 t; Z+ u, Xthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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+ q3 _+ _! _$ g5 n: b5 oThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. p3 n) j* M0 U, D* q
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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9 \: k# h' {- G @0 K$ ^% C: ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 `6 ?7 E+ o2 y2 D
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like1 W' k) _( \7 e) n+ M" ~
fotograf 20% shorter." R2 p; e& _7 f' `2 u/ D% }& }
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to J4 j! x/ R: g4 R. g
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ r8 [* V% R* J/ s& yben a deterent to akurate speling.+ e, i; A. G4 }' Z" m0 U* T% p. m1 k
5 l2 H% K( e% P$ a. @Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( B8 d; Q, X, V7 A( sdisgrasful and it should go away.
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$ |) ~6 d, r: Y8 DBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* h7 @8 c% [/ R& X
"z" and "w" with "v".8 d; W( M" t3 ^
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. R) s- m+ Z, c/ s1 A
after 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 tu" K$ \# J+ a. u Z: \/ \) Z9 P
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
# C. {5 s& E* x6 a6 [Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 Y( g) a* d; ]# r! {. b0 f
forst plas.
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9 x# }5 E! w9 ?0 @If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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