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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 English6 l; Y: x' H/ T9 }1 S
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
9 i; U+ ~/ r9 U0 Y" o( F# [/ Jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% n) R5 K: L: j( Z( K9 w r) X
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make B( ?6 L. I4 c9 Q
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 y/ l' ]# t( w8 C8 _2 Ikonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 R9 t: ?1 y, s& |6 m2 b& e2 |
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- \3 L! y4 E! G4 |$ BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the% b! w( W9 u! v% d4 \* p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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6 L* m+ k5 H/ J' G! Z( Y) u, IIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 T$ L. V5 M. x+ P" B1 e Lreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! G' [( z. F- W
& ^6 L8 B- v5 V1 J1 L1 EGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* F0 ~$ x4 k3 M' r, c2 l1 n0 a$ l
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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) ^4 U6 G8 P6 {Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ x B$ r/ K% n. ~
disgrasful and it should go away.
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1 r K" ?; O+ b; c0 G7 l- P! ] ZBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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0 f9 m: B7 {2 C) Q/ KDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( J( o# [4 ]* l% b, [
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& f) t$ l5 s7 J1 H# Z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 E9 M6 ?+ w# u/ y6 ?% [Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze" _5 u5 Y) M6 a" p) u
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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