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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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! }; h( U8 s' w' u! a( MAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
4 a. K. W0 d& Qspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
5 Z7 R; p* u. U" j' Y2 N6 }/ xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' D+ i8 U, e8 HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
6 U, g/ w9 l$ j% C- @the 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 the
3 D9 Q' i: G3 x6 ]! h! l rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 M+ }( s: S" \7 t* V( s3 C
fotograf 20% shorter.( n0 P O: Y& w
5 I% c# Y* e- Y2 S9 Y7 v, XIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
3 t; n0 c1 L9 B( sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 y& S! t' O9 I- i9 B7 y9 \
ben a deterent to akurate speling.6 f$ v" L; L1 M6 ]* d; S f9 C
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
5 [7 r+ ]3 b: y6 Tdisgrasful and it should go away.2 t( {9 U, k! x- u, r) ~$ p6 P
& D: P z' r' n1 H# _- V3 E" z) Z# ?By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
& |' v* z# ~, M$ k+ i# X3 V1 _"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% c* Z" N4 w" z7 C0 A* e8 r0 mafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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& B7 v9 Y# y) o9 _# n9 l9 ?8 WZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" G0 z" M0 U1 x
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- g$ c, K, \) j0 {- G! {
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, A% ?$ F( W) }
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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