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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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P- B* A2 X9 C1 }- CAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
& |% A9 V0 D, ?; s8 yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in' |1 F5 Q" }3 h7 f0 ^3 [* r! M
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, H4 \6 r: L0 M3 g! Y8 T: IIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make/ M; x, q% m* f3 O
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- M% D0 F2 w# a, f- CThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 l# x8 F$ a" b3 B$ m' skonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# |; a; f6 _- r4 q- ?
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3 |) |2 `+ V3 ~1 U3 gThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ w. m- e; ~* o( {9 a
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like( a* Y! j: r) ?4 d" }7 I
fotograf 20% shorter.
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+ b' x/ R2 w( _* w; ~( q1 O- GIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
+ O8 D9 z1 d) u$ C- c! ]reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 i; R5 K. }) }) y ]" [6 w
ben a deterent to akurate speling. V! T9 a: R3 G' o
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
+ a% a. a+ z3 i' e& V j& t+ Pdisgrasful and it should go away.& W9 `/ \6 ]' Q3 ?! v
: d9 l. X0 J( _% A' RBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
/ h1 h5 j. Q6 z# Eafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( Z/ h# o9 @+ e5 z4 m
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
" T2 x4 E( P u* I& Lunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, t v) P g7 X1 @6 A1 qUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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