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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 English6 R+ X8 F! ~2 } u' O! H* Q# U
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. O/ P! r% e) z% n3 V+ L" i0 rplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".4 s4 ] s4 a- L5 w
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make6 D2 v" X9 v9 r! |7 q( p
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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% k+ s( T* P% T. P% P0 MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
& l ^* T' m( a/ Pkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 |8 G8 @, F* i
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. J: Q/ A$ \9 x8 m; \. TThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% @1 o9 J7 e6 D& T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ m& T, F- z9 p, vfotograf 20% shorter.
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/ B$ k F1 M( B+ p' L8 |' U/ ]- qIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
6 v: R' f* @ Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 M* f: H( Z# V+ v5 f) iben a deterent to akurate speling.6 w% m5 C! ~0 @7 v9 `* h- H/ a$ U1 C) E
4 T( q5 I. s$ LAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is$ a; a. ?3 s5 r! h1 E
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: A- Z b! V- C7 D. W$ n5 f: {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"and
6 @8 z! ]4 L. Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 h5 G; @ U+ U B4 z3 f/ [& Y
j2 [- I: a6 UZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu$ H) @7 c1 x7 z( [1 n
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 ~) u6 o& G# D1 N$ [+ t# _Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' u: X& Y0 t6 ~! b
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* ?- ~+ M+ K+ ^If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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