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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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8 t' Z3 I" |5 E2 c- EAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 e9 i9 s3 {; espelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 K1 V/ N+ l* g. Q/ G3 bplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# K" Z$ H/ ~9 H. i, J* \
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 [2 ]5 q; g! m/ l* b
/ X1 _- H% o. ?. {& `& D: x: m1 [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up$ D2 H; t6 g: B) L2 j7 T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ y l- {0 Q0 U$ h- l6 J. C
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+ s" m0 C/ w, I/ lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( V/ \ X% t5 l% s, Rtroublesome "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
9 B. P- f0 d; R6 Yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" L- M m: h0 }0 h) l# [; a% O6 U/ o/ h
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
$ k8 t! q. p5 Y. V8 Ndisgrasful and it should go away.
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7 i4 F) e4 i) O: v$ ~9 TBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with `* P% l- m/ H
"z" and "w" with "v".
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# v+ [- C8 l. D. `# yDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 J* ~/ p, n* g f" o& O: ?& X$ t8 [after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ M1 z2 b, ~3 k4 _/ }8 h
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
% Q, p/ Y- J& Z7 k, _8 [ Hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 x9 _- K) A* Y/ q
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 X+ p1 W- H( Q6 I. @& U" E& u
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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