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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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9 @; ~+ A2 C b3 i* D3 \. U# XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 e: T2 P7 t: ~1 E9 O( V
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in. R2 L+ i' t3 Z( z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ [5 m( e1 Z6 o( J
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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' o/ a( E$ W2 p& }& ?The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up, T/ Y u9 Q, w& g6 K: g
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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0 o; V: Q) B# B2 I! mThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" C. w5 ?' s: {/ T
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
. b$ ^0 L. a2 D, k# Z) `9 ufotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ @+ l+ b R, ?) {8 }reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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6 U: E# a# I7 h& I9 oAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. e5 X' [3 C- h4 w
disgrasful and it should go away.
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/ g7 o7 S* _5 p, _By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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8 v. k) g, G. z: @" wDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. x R6 r! U9 L. s, v% h' d% Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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" z6 p- R& g& T' R1 Q; oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu3 p! C( T2 u. X: k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
0 _# b4 ?& q4 nUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ X+ q. w9 }: v! y6 n9 u! @/ b% `
forst plas.
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/ L+ R }$ Z3 ]* f. OIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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