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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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/ L0 u2 d3 y! [& i; J0 y5 d7 zAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 h! j$ `' L7 m- w$ e% i; T/ K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: Z4 r: [! Q# H, }2 vplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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9 I* ~! h. ^2 W) x& T5 l0 y0 {% s# A7 QIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make# Y/ z: E S, S% q* T6 y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' I( x$ A5 U& A6 A* y- N2 h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 b' U0 D( [ z) `7 }2 z7 A/ X: t( C+ W7 htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% ^2 B4 ^& y% L7 P) j/ o7 C
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) {0 [" G/ Z I! E* p5 Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.# g* F% v5 v8 Q7 |
2 g8 p* O5 S( R! J4 NGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always {$ L+ _. v0 {
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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- R! _' Y0 X, e5 ?0 W6 A; ~2 _0 wAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% E, U0 l, T2 @/ T& g# j
disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with1 F0 n0 p& Q6 z$ j, q/ ]. y8 z
"z" and "w" with "v".: H- [: q8 u4 _8 ?
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and H4 q8 F' ?2 X i2 o6 u9 E# ^
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
/ |5 P3 [" ^' H1 M% t i' G! Uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- R/ X; z( E( Q% L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ v$ w# U, y! @6 e0 H
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7 A; ~% q: `4 q6 p9 ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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