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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".+ [5 B0 u: o* a# H) d
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
! w8 U0 Y9 C. m$ t+ Tthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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7 A7 K4 [+ ]: q% F# k8 p7 V+ }9 @The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 a: ]" V% s2 |! z/ ^2 c. [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 i W! o1 |; V$ e7 [
troublesome "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 to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 ^0 Y9 b* G2 k% r& cben 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
5 h: o8 o4 s5 c# mdisgrasful 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/ A4 S2 h$ I" V* T, _) f
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.* Y n6 l2 H2 |# v8 R$ j4 U% l$ h
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% Q" G) m3 w, s8 U( r( Q/ e5 G
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
9 p) S; a3 d; \2 V; H* |7 RUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. Y. ?) [$ A) \0 ^+ q
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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