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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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: S- s" @; A' y# b, AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
/ o9 o' a) D( B0 F4 e. F) M f$ lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; ]) N9 Q0 P2 I7 P8 C, i5 L c
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( z7 t7 |# U9 ?
" j4 {5 ?* B& k# Q. L7 \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 A! D: c6 {# |/ K6 n: J
the sivil servants jump with joy.* s: U6 t+ D6 Q* u7 q0 F
& e3 Z" q) e% q- e4 Y1 IThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up2 o; Z3 E+ v- H d: q' d9 X
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ R+ F6 M6 c& I& g: F
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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2 R: ?3 r& Q, iIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) P" c+ d. I- u e( w: nreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! q: q- R2 Y5 x4 B; Q
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 G! b: V' s+ Kdisgrasful and it should go away.
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: W" b! I% A/ `0 m& oBy 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"and6 |) R0 P# O1 [, W& r2 i( J5 q2 q; P$ T
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- z/ O( d9 }- y8 S2 o0 X4 YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" y. D4 g1 E' dunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 @% v8 @9 r5 K8 a4 L) \# u: ^Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze) n0 |" `$ m, N* S& J" r
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( m2 {& d. J8 D& r$ |If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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