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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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/ U% C6 o: M! R' w, qAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
" V+ Y) U b+ j, H. }# pspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 k! o/ y' p) J. I& nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: E( Y+ W: s: f8 K
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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" j* W0 c* K9 m' [8 D) j2 UThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
' `1 K* Q4 X' kkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 `+ G" Q: [* p; B8 H
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 k( _5 b# G, v" Y- x
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
& I( Z% Y( s$ @3 [- Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ f) P$ y G, t3 {0 A3 [ [ben a deterent to akurate speling.+ ?0 |$ p+ s! g; l+ j
q' k$ ]2 n% O1 w4 [9 E6 i mAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* n6 X1 a) ^* a: T1 [# n6 J7 Q
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 a5 `# I! O) vBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with5 P* @; R4 g F& G+ e/ S$ J
"z" and "w" with "v".& G( z) q9 S' I
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# B. t# S( X; E( `- Q2 d' Zafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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$ d; f' h. D- e6 n7 c8 y' L7 L9 HZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
9 ?2 }, Q" M! }" I# R5 Xunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, f% s* K+ {2 W5 z K9 w4 {7 `Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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