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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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8 I0 G& w" ?, j- k' e7 h t2 `) `) pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: r' X* o: D( k! C5 `6 z
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" R [: X' m8 Y; I' [plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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& G! r7 }5 H; M: K% aIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
, n& R& I @8 @& q- x2 R7 {. hthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The 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 the6 g% d" {! F3 ~$ b p
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 to
( `$ |7 `2 F3 X7 {, q* Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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: G' z1 C8 R l& a, [* lGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# y% p% Z6 j. U6 U8 T6 Z2 k3 tben a deterent to akurate speling.
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( O. }, [+ n7 S: _Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- v# T% M$ z: J- g; w" m Edisgrasful and it should go away.
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! n& D+ V4 y% [, T0 H- JBy 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"and
; F+ k, [( _; A, gafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. N f% o) K% K; `8 f
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 l* m) K; e% Z3 Munderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
3 b0 o* T8 a* Y* U6 _2 F5 lUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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3 p7 ^' z& n( ~- M) S5 nIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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