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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
( L% j* j$ i9 ?$ i+ Ispelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
* H7 C$ `8 O7 j- {3 Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) Y+ K, E' e; j/ c1 G$ X6 w
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make" H" I6 d9 W: N, Z d
the sivil servants jump with joy.1 Z0 T! z- _% g0 S/ [) P3 T$ D
; l+ U. z* F( l: a2 `4 {% IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ j, y2 M: v: D
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to1 r8 `2 ]: C2 R- L! F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 J. g# K/ P" @: b9 w
ben 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
" L, o) g& y% x( ~! F5 k9 Adisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 Q; p% x* B8 ?
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 i" _; k Q0 r5 Z7 u9 R% Zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. m. S6 T1 M" f: k! v
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze: x) {# s; e" H8 V! G {4 B9 l
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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