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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/ u) g1 o! Q$ }2 M% T
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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6 M% m/ f e. R. x: dThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up1 J7 S% H. k7 z) z- i% W1 e
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.6 _$ J: {, g2 J3 h. U2 @! D
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- g- {. P* [( C$ M' g2 ltroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( i: }/ q- Q* a; d
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to' \8 z" H8 b8 c V5 r- K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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. g* V7 X+ N7 r% G& J9 cGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always" Y) @. D8 z# S6 e3 [: I9 x
ben a deterent to akurate speling. B! L& [0 K1 K
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is9 N" g& y2 G% n& ~4 g: M
disgrasful and it should go away.& Y }9 U/ B% O* o: g& k
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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% w' h, G: y6 n+ Y4 DDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" o4 v- L5 h x7 M9 `
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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2 g; e% e! u( QZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 j6 B( i! f. ?; w# u
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ W% E! l7 i7 w' S0 L
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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% }7 l: G5 t! K6 yIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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