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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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3 d- A* s( W* q- K5 W# KAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English$ q. g; H- C% Z, P
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( r% _$ U) e9 W( }, A& w5 Eplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". }; l+ B( x. `! P7 r5 j& v6 A
+ f, L4 V, f* j" DIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
- v' V) M/ R' E2 e- ]+ ?the sivil servants jump with joy.- Y Q5 o* i: w! D
0 J5 U/ p3 Y) M. x* JThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% r! T7 e( L2 c3 B% N+ H! Nkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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# V/ l3 Y' m0 k: BThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 [# ]& `( {$ W t
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- k: b/ `0 D) E+ A
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- g$ L5 c3 F: _
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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, n/ h1 ?; {$ J! C$ MGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
2 r! D% m+ b' i' x. w& V& k6 W+ _( nben a deterent to akurate speling.
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 e4 N. ? u2 d; b/ k( |' z( Q5 e- Fdisgrasful and it should go away.
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2 J z, G5 q% R$ k6 }2 u9 Z. PBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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$ J0 F$ r' B& G4 \: SDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' L+ C' u; x; {7 Y
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.9 s, |. t. D. d
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 N6 ~8 [* V' ?: o U( |1 |understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru." D! D8 Z0 h. \
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* _& i2 F% @ i! q% |& |
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" Y4 l1 P; j" W rIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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