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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
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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/ E( @+ P* S! b2 ~- ?In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make; [& W A% ]& \% F5 I+ z* d
the sivil servants jump with joy.* `2 I) S. g9 `# Y- j
6 P" e3 W' b0 P! t% ]0 z, C0 |The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
N* l/ J. z) ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." q8 { H/ p9 o2 t
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) X' ?% Q+ Q* E* qThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
: I) O) @4 ^9 q: |" E1 j( {2 Jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
U% a/ D4 g X* Wreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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7 d R! \: s3 F+ L1 iGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
V& V- u& S8 n% R8 J- F* Xben a deterent to akurate speling.; P6 c' E2 D9 T2 l
9 ]5 V* _) G/ T% f3 k: b/ dAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' U; g* c; F1 b: d3 r
disgrasful and it should go away.
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) T! I0 a' d* e6 @" h) l# c: a0 f, L# mBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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' i% f% O% n2 C- G2 P# T" |1 Q/ NDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
" e7 W3 [# a" V) }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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* t. J, h4 Q' h6 YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
E- m% h2 X! T# a% x: Q/ funderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.& [1 _3 K9 j* p) ?. Y O; c, @
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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