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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
0 U! {1 j* M; H* vspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in2 |& b& o- ~# x& i* k( m- J
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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6 D) c5 V$ D2 @" v7 r* bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ T8 s9 }+ o1 h3 R
the sivil servants jump with joy.' `, d0 w0 }3 x" S/ ?3 K/ g
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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, F7 L' O" o) C0 `) FThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.9 S( h# M! Z9 ?. U# M M7 ^ M
0 l" R, d8 e4 w' c* VIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to" a: n( U3 A1 F, [
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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6 G% n" _2 ]1 zGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; G. K8 p- `- Y& d
ben a deterent to akurate speling." m x* K- p/ h+ Z, e& J, K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( e6 W( O4 \& d; v
disgrasful and it should go away./ c9 V. [* \- S5 L& n U
( U) o0 x+ e& \. o. w8 _" zBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# f/ y6 Q# I6 y C5 u
"z" and "w" with "v".
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6 R* L$ E# ?1 [# UDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# T) {1 i. o6 K* ~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
2 b# u0 n" q% L7 x# [2 o. }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
: Y0 u1 A; g& aUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 E6 C, |! Q1 g/ e" Q! u+ O
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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