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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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) G* a8 N$ r" }# f; W+ |/ u7 M P% BAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English. R- A4 ?5 _( l, C
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 D e- T1 b- y( I8 t
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ \* K, t: m0 T5 ]+ a' HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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) k! H1 X% x3 t2 rThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
/ c- ]! ~# x( Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. {/ X" y3 H; b8 Q H! H( E% k
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the9 \1 a- Z1 ~7 E. ^$ {) p# t/ @
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" f& P) O7 _4 ]: b
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
5 L; j4 m* \ G. |) i9 q. v( k0 m Treach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 B: m# Z4 M3 a" ^$ dben a deterent to akurate speling./ u; l* {% I$ q3 Z8 M4 J
5 y" P$ @; d/ Y4 ~Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) w2 j5 z+ g* F* _) B2 p" F
disgrasful and it should go away.
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: S: J1 |& C2 g2 x# xBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( Y) W$ H- A& { X7 N"z" and "w" with "v".( i. D1 Y% o1 L( e6 y. ]: K
4 R% A$ w6 y- l4 w/ z5 _5 x1 r( JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and. g. a& @- ]! L& K3 j( a
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. v" c" S- G- d, T4 [9 H
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 E+ H; Q/ Y) v
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( F6 T# x8 q, A0 ^+ h* N/ AUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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