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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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& I1 T; G: E- m( m) E% `As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
5 q3 _# ^: x c+ g; L" Sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
8 Q- V+ o2 A0 z- R( [4 yplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( v$ e& B* I9 O
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
4 M# @3 p6 n* ]9 k; _the sivil servants jump with joy.
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/ g( k$ L) v* X2 f' E/ DThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ H& \; q, s* G4 t
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.+ E4 e& q! j: j. l) J
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/ N1 ]4 N3 X! z& ?There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ s; |1 r& [8 _% G }( |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like. R, \0 h" |5 _/ d9 ~( p. x
fotograf 20% shorter.1 C. c# R2 [! e1 }2 f' d
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 [; r( ~: v! @' P7 N2 M6 hreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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1 p0 [! [- Z+ S8 rGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always' t3 c' |( d) Y% X% r* k9 j
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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+ l: [& ^6 g0 ^ ?9 PAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. I9 z- o4 m" w4 O% f$ t9 e- r* W
disgrasful and it should go away.. u$ I# x* z k; i' d. O6 q
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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: D$ \5 F4 B% g4 |9 |5 k( [During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and& k& a2 n Y. w; w# T. c1 M) J
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: _( y* F! b3 ?$ {! ~" P) V
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- p/ P+ R2 E" L6 f4 C. S
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 |$ h2 l- o5 ^/ n4 q7 A
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze, F& }+ j' I1 U
forst plas.
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! E* t+ d9 w( DIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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