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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
9 O3 ~9 X- k; Yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in7 [6 v) o7 t( I3 U) m! i
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".% v( I5 x# X$ J l
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the1 y% ~. M$ n+ Q. {8 E% Y
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like4 v3 T; Q1 ?( J, S- _
fotograf 20% shorter.) d: N2 M s7 k) O) ~. r# r
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- E! x1 b( v" h+ U, c! \, G
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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N5 X7 \8 V6 O, |7 M0 S; }Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 L/ p$ e6 t# U- |ben a deterent to akurate speling.7 Y/ A( l c; H
" ]: b1 S& E; ^! A! m4 \Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# @/ Z" [$ o8 N: `5 ]2 R. |
disgrasful and it should go away.# D& p2 x9 Y! S L8 Z$ z8 Q4 I" j) v
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with3 n7 ~$ a) I0 T: C$ u$ k
"z" and "w" with "v"./ Y7 L' d: `1 W
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ W- _- M/ Y5 w6 {after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 s$ } _3 k4 I% G5 }( I% Z
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
! P I+ Z; |: E3 j8 |& W* gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 ] h7 i% y& \, G6 ^. ?. AUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze7 w- C# K: z( H5 }& G
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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