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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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# n% n3 W0 y) \$ ]3 z3 e3 tAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; U$ f6 z+ X8 o7 R7 c
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 f- c' I. W: D, W3 i/ c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% ?( s1 y1 Z+ u! s
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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; `6 v7 h/ e# y, z3 i6 x4 |$ Q+ W! [The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
9 T- L/ b2 u3 a [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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. f5 w/ Z/ ^1 ^! AThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- j9 ?" E) x" x2 ~ e6 o/ Wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 }& U. ?3 O1 x7 }, `
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to* T. ?, v# m# m5 g: a5 @! }3 Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always( e% b- R* v! ]$ y
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
) J* \0 g7 G! v# t- _/ zdisgrasful and it should go away.% h: @9 M( ^$ X' d9 r5 q) i, L
' d! R( {. r8 v. ?& MBy 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. g* o' U) Y6 \% I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. Q( Y- B9 S3 e- s
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- i- ?4 v3 n; m8 E
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze! r, ^, u0 Z" m% [& C
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/ |. r! D4 L" FIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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