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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 English9 K: e' U& p0 m; h4 J1 z5 {5 O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in- t$ `1 Z9 x( n6 g4 \
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 {. o" S% i; u( J
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ T' y: r! |" E; Uthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# X: B+ a4 M3 I& f5 T
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 ~+ _8 ^4 ]2 z& e! C
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ V8 W7 }$ I P2 U% r$ b9 r
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like2 |9 R' Q# K5 a
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to o8 M4 @+ E+ ]) ^5 Z y L7 D" d
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 X$ h% q2 `) w- i) e0 c2 q* TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 {# u8 Z4 _! V" w [2 C; ?4 X
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% g4 {& E \& B
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
- r! E0 ?, ]2 V6 P' t4 Gdisgrasful and it should go away.
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! O: k2 I0 ] E8 QBy 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
8 o( e6 u9 @" U1 n- P9 d6 L- Kafter 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 E* \! X9 U" W C! q; ]: w0 M V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 B1 ]5 G6 Y% l" s; |; PUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze8 |9 b" ~6 I. F6 B$ H, p( F
forst plas.
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/ L1 i- R* H6 y$ P! }) YIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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