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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 English9 i* ~' o; Q" o- m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in4 s0 K# A t1 t* c! p& t: n+ Q' h
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." Z5 f! p2 y% E H4 H+ o1 ~
1 d- Z: z: y- y, i4 Q+ w1 ?0 @In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& Z7 G& C" d0 i# t' j
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
; M" ]4 j' X/ |+ i( h* t4 `% ?konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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. q% \4 N3 Q1 VThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the- v; C- r' [8 f+ B3 W0 U- e4 d
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
q9 D( U3 o, s* w7 cben a deterent to akurate speling.4 R" R8 K) J) C3 Z, { \& w8 @
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 _# s. a7 K, @5 }9 ?
disgrasful and it should go away.: D8 _5 N. e1 K9 ^/ ?+ j
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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/ n$ b2 X4 k' H/ x1 pDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
7 M _+ V E9 B2 }% N) Wafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 W' \- Y$ X' e4 U) l' m
: K7 K) e1 Y/ B( j- B0 u7 wZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu. v+ o9 \) N( @4 P% u, J
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 K8 Z- }0 ^! j4 T/ e
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: e1 U3 j3 `( c5 o. W4 L9 b uIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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