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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, P/ j0 F! k5 H( g0 Y ^
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
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: ~' I W B! _! C: YIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make, t& f: ]2 I0 w, l$ [
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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% p8 A2 H0 a3 p7 j4 a1 I3 ZThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the4 ~' w6 ?, T' a/ G4 i# z
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 p+ M) T2 m7 c. y8 R* ?
fotograf 20% shorter.. `0 u% B8 _2 ~4 v4 _4 ~/ k/ i1 q
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
' z& C9 N+ i2 L! [. S1 q% Areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always/ Q" M3 p7 E% Z" d4 N' [
ben a deterent to akurate speling.$ @* e0 n8 ~5 g, l% V
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' {7 H. G i" ?
disgrasful and it should go away.7 y6 L" w; j9 K9 [2 I
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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e5 g/ B9 b$ }$ ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and" _. R5 [' k2 G+ k
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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4 S- W+ {8 h: P% bZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu% j7 t5 u: r, G; b2 y- s; j& L, z
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.! B! _" _* T! B/ D& \1 M5 A5 Q$ C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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1 b. I* Z8 M' R- U6 gIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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