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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% @( v( M, a$ o; `
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
. ?3 w& s- @9 H0 }: D# lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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2 y( a# h+ o6 E3 o4 C0 nIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
: P5 q( S! M- E: C7 W+ ~* }4 Tthe sivil servants jump with joy.1 ~, D) _) z% D2 D
, t* m9 O/ b3 K$ f0 CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 f1 _3 F# c, l4 a' {- ukonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.9 ]% [: O9 Q$ k: }0 K5 }
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the$ c( Z1 ^% V3 o0 {4 _
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! l0 F& }4 J3 ^; t
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.& X6 \% J& y- H, P6 H, x# B3 O. P
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always, X6 w' K, o+ z! o
ben a deterent to akurate speling." n) ?/ L8 c1 {/ {
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
$ X4 \9 W" f: {- Adisgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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" ^# n4 U2 L4 ~( ~& v) iDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ D6 Z& J1 [; l/ L' Y R
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 i% h9 ]" T5 @0 k$ v9 R
5 F. j/ f4 O! v8 z7 w! F# g( ]Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, Y3 X$ Z( k! k+ q" e8 Eunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 J5 p7 b1 \" F7 ~7 t7 a
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ }" r+ S+ [& W9 b
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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