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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
: }; g7 G! p3 o3 {spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" Q: k% [# {* ^7 uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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" f0 Y0 M. v( E6 U; _& XIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: T) W' z7 I) K; V8 Q; _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
2 I" O# l- L% [& ykonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ G+ v' e, `( ?& u
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6 F: _: b& B0 f1 f1 l* oThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
6 w9 T! W9 u( o# q, _troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like* g3 F7 W) p; G4 s6 B: L6 H' i! y
fotograf 20% shorter.7 p, i" l+ M8 f
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" U, @" F2 b1 n5 I
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 g- F' t" f4 Bben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" r& a* F% y( t t7 eAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
( m9 v/ j' Y- @$ Y/ \( E# Jdisgrasful and it should go away.
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" `& f: M$ L, ?5 B# b; j; Q5 aBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ p) Z0 [7 @% g5 M* f) B
"z" and "w" with "v".
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7 E& H' W% G' `: S, q4 R. tDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
( p1 y! k. F' L% Pafter 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 tu5 d& a d& x; E, I1 p
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 W- P7 P2 q: e* Y) h$ _2 LUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ T+ d2 ?6 ?5 y# Z( d* z( e4 Y
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