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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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) t" F3 v& z7 {( t2 EAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English& V* t# n1 j* e, e
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. [8 h: @2 h( {* ?( |* d$ H% W% z1 vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".+ S s/ r- \ ?: I
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- W& V8 x, g1 a* ^0 y Q+ d2 M
the sivil servants jump with joy.6 j3 Z j6 j- [7 n
/ n& ^0 V k1 ZThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up3 j7 d M8 U$ ]' W2 H$ T4 B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- p9 s Z$ b% e# g+ S5 x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 c! Q x9 b1 y9 i% Nfotograf 20% shorter.
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% _: g1 l$ a" R YIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to$ b' Y" q4 ^3 X! C: I. Q
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always. T4 p- X7 g5 g/ m
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 is5 y0 v! D) P/ n1 e
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with9 @6 Q: P( R% p3 J1 L( R
"z" and "w" with "v".' j& T3 p# f; i7 F1 y: \, K
8 p5 z. W& ~) pDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
3 x( C6 x9 Q9 ?, Eafter 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, `% R8 o& V4 y# \# j
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( M0 G, F) Z* c! Z+ A
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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, u' ~) x/ J" {" X) IIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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