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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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* e7 h3 S7 d; z' ~) u2 e, @9 q6 FAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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9 `# }9 |0 T. E' R- i K6 V3 L2 _7 LIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# m {+ D, v3 I" J4 y2 w
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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( l" q9 N+ A6 J4 Z& xThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the; F" g8 b q" F" `( Q5 |1 l& w1 p
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 V/ _ r% b. c4 m! h& M' vfotograf 20% shorter.8 i4 D5 V1 q7 G; |& P& g
1 N' [6 {3 i5 j O6 N' fIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
( t# v/ K, f4 w3 a& m! z; ~$ xreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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- t. X4 j/ h& l4 d1 [: [0 q+ PGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; }1 X0 z- G- y$ X% L4 ]
ben a deterent to akurate speling.. I: H. j7 N- j5 ]
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
\8 E0 G1 g/ q7 ["z" and "w" with "v".+ c3 P! A! l( v+ j
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 d+ y8 v- h5 g0 H9 k2 p
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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6 h5 y8 a, k: |Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' i3 l# P- X" I/ p4 q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.8 y3 Y" l ~" i
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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5 {- y1 x( }/ V: _" B% _8 c; u& CIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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