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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- @ `; D8 S6 s/ U2 O) [
) O3 u$ H* V! I0 y+ r" |4 eIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
& g1 O$ D$ C. ]& l1 j1 hthe sivil servants jump with joy., v* W6 s- U* B7 p% s# B
( i- g* x9 ~( P `The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up9 Q& e9 ~0 W6 f) q9 X( u8 y" @- Y
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ a9 t# B0 H5 O1 \! bThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! `5 [' Q( B- B* btroublesome "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 to6 U- a! M/ Q- ^: e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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: F) i0 I+ Z S0 AGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& @4 d* b& F4 w0 e( F
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
7 D) m3 P& a% R) }disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with- I' `# g; V7 }- z1 W9 ]
"z" and "w" with "v".
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3 q, c4 s9 y8 n' r, T& Z" HDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and0 a+ Z x: U* A! q5 d4 W* F
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.7 o7 o R! e# |2 Y4 M# U, k, C
# Y5 }( e4 u- ~7 \* VZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu: H- W) ~! F, U" S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: {' b: U- K8 _0 wUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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4 k1 z$ E8 A. l& \If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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