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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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3 C; _8 i9 M" r y- U4 E5 K0 fAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 W9 j7 Y- b* m9 D; D
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- z. A: d! V4 Uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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: U& v- C r8 R5 \In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- B# _ K6 w" ^$ S' z( g& Y0 uthe sivil servants jump with joy.8 x% ~0 [: X- e. _
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ l! z! ?' J* B% ~8 `- o" V0 t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.$ p0 k& T3 K9 ]+ m
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.
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$ Q# N! m2 R3 V; n7 j+ i3 _In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to& Z y4 J6 D+ s
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.3 K7 |; S1 O9 I! |! o/ L7 y7 {
" {8 m, ^& a4 K6 R+ JGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always6 f2 _' ]4 w% H! g7 Z
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 is4 f$ O$ N2 ^4 x8 E$ i9 K
disgrasful and it should go away.5 o2 @- x5 M2 q6 F7 @. y( s
& ?* K0 q) r; M" _- R( @' ^ iBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with7 d2 P) [; B7 B8 U/ j% T+ I& P
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and1 z2 W9 J* ~/ z& b
after 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; d9 U# b9 G" _+ `- ]6 B
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
; f0 A' C0 E: u8 G0 HUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% t% R8 T* k. Q! H* H6 e
forst plas.
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- I2 X/ G4 B; C) X% SIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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