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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, p2 o2 {' S% p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ [, e+ g. s) D* n
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' q* {1 z' m. J% W [+ HIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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& A u6 m" _! W* }% EThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up. T0 |$ y9 H$ j- p2 N8 b
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.8 }; w% e" |) q, q
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ v3 j L- p h; }& p9 J L
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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; O. g: x1 D5 N; J: b8 w8 ~+ XIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to# e, F! |# f9 r A" l% t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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v# ~" ^+ n' P8 a$ g1 gGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always0 c7 s! c: ]: K2 T: l; d+ h
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 i7 B. l9 w A$ h4 Y; ^1 p U
disgrasful and it should go away.; C5 v/ }& G# ^3 Y3 W+ S
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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# l% p! a( v4 Z$ z- jDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' G+ V( z! d' n+ ~, B! Q; I/ e
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl." D+ G6 ?, E9 G- S
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" j% a" _5 u, R3 e, z2 s8 A
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: @! U' V6 Q9 M2 ^ ]; D6 u: }: BUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ |" I# [* [6 ]) Q2 C
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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