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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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+ G' A1 l2 w: F8 S5 zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
6 V- ^& H }" B! N) K, wspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in0 J; h$ A0 G+ F1 N" \* P& b
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".$ @1 q; F* u5 _+ J1 h5 R8 X
" ]5 o: G: X- }+ z9 PIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, I& W( d3 v1 r8 i2 ythe sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 ~4 \ a; U# W2 o1 H1 y6 nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& P( y$ O& g2 q" Gkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 K- p3 Q5 j) g8 I; t0 R7 \
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ f8 K" S7 w+ S7 g$ Y2 Mfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# h1 h7 y+ o0 ]# ?' U8 P/ Vreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 r5 }- y1 l% B' c) F+ m3 _, j
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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" L& M* K B# W3 k7 b6 G8 CAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
8 F: A+ s* | i5 J& Tdisgrasful and it should go away./ c- y# D! ~$ o" a9 q& L
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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"and1 J2 q) P5 z- H, u$ }. W' W4 M
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 A% `/ W. Y0 N5 X3 n( h/ CZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 V; T4 V |5 {! ]- `6 @& H4 aunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
' C% Y D6 f; c5 m# ~' K) W2 x0 G3 xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze& b2 x& O0 r4 ~( ^7 j1 h5 `
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% J" ~/ K: y; m: n: s- V, a6 g" `If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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