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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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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& R9 C( C0 S% k5 {spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 L# h0 q0 `% v p, ]. S5 W. Jplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 V% M+ c+ T |+ x( `
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make2 {9 s% B9 t/ k. d& l
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, J5 s7 I. F f/ M& G8 ?
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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m3 s; I0 {1 oThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
5 T/ X0 M, _0 P1 Htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
8 W5 N9 t' j! u+ d t2 E5 M% p) Mfotograf 20% shorter.- V( P! W9 L8 q# _( ?5 Y8 e1 V
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# a0 ]5 ~5 E' ?3 ?. y
ben a deterent to akurate speling.9 v4 e8 @& R* i2 k8 p6 j
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is* v9 V; n) F1 b) x1 @4 i! B
disgrasful and it should go away.
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* v6 {' o; m/ d) |7 m+ h* p' P) _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' e: E6 M0 ?6 g/ w
"z" and "w" with "v".& z& ]9 G' z0 |2 [. E
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
! F% B5 c* F7 bafter 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 tu4 @( b% ~, H; N( @8 f- T; Q% D
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
& V) h Z8 q, N0 k J! K! xUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze. q' t' m2 X/ j- k
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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