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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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+ y3 e( h1 j5 R5 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English4 m s& {+ h- ]7 U, Z* ?/ d
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 W$ I+ v* Y9 e: k% S
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 }5 M. O3 M+ M7 X
" T% J" v* c, uIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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4 m# q; E9 c* l1 x+ [5 }# W& jThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, V! g/ ?8 M3 z$ Q" Z n& x
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., m5 \# A' u3 b; u+ [! e: X
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the) I P, p |& P8 w/ b
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
6 m8 j; P3 L* Yfotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ j+ C, B& W4 b3 U4 Breach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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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; [" m, a$ J. S2 M8 _! A" t
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
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and( Y5 s3 n7 [% B( c
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% z" p- w: h. ~& {3 j+ L
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu5 p1 `: r4 M- d5 `$ }5 I
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 ?1 i1 }/ ? E9 g3 }Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. e0 l g$ v9 j$ j$ k R5 v
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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