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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" C m# F) S9 I5 R# X
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% l# B6 N: A8 y8 s- ?
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make( i) A. H9 d/ w( E0 C5 j) L E
the sivil servants jump with joy.6 |) c" J& j y0 F5 v
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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{1 I$ Y, T6 H3 k3 ^# _There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the0 J* `: y0 l2 h- y4 i1 s1 c) |
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! y( ^5 {, {4 }" R w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.! {% a: q. \5 a( V
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is/ y/ {# S0 N+ m: h
disgrasful and it should go away.' ~% n( X( p9 T7 c
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By 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; ?" V. A: g# G; w0 \& X
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.% C3 a; K. M6 J# v( {
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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0 W" R* A! l* n8 c& j7 qIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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