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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
( I% L1 `/ W! G& U3 @/ V6 yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" L: ]+ V g' ~7 _7 D! |2 fplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 o1 k+ |: ^8 n# O% lIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: P- ^6 G1 w7 o- Lthe sivil servants jump with joy.8 Z# C1 J! ?1 v) q
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! {% ~% n* V3 \3 u: v6 D9 g& B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 |5 ?2 l5 ~% C$ F( @* R) lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
, Q, i7 A z* W3 Ztroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
) o1 A( J4 h3 m l# F) O8 v* ?fotograf 20% shorter.) x1 o* m# i6 H9 {! ]
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 {/ V1 Q; B# Y& ?5 ^9 ]
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always# L U# ]" b# h. Z+ [3 S
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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( N+ q6 _/ _) h+ ^; L: I; v5 ^! r6 dAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# t, ]) I/ q( i1 C+ B
"z" and "w" with "v".
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! R6 K( G- B% kDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# \/ d3 @9 f! \after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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_6 U' p# S% D4 u9 eZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" p" J- d+ Y% h% T% gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.6 v$ R8 D+ k- }3 r: C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: W5 X) O u9 \0 N' @* d% ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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