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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 English7 e4 Z' W. z/ d5 M; B2 x
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in; e& U5 e: N8 j0 G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 a% v ~ N; R* f
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make) {$ f J6 t; |' N! V' Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.! B9 w3 C, E2 r. Y6 Y, ~: W& r$ g
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ X, N8 L. x# A& ^) c4 V
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.2 s; R7 h2 o7 \+ n/ M# _3 ^
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: _0 v. L( o: l" d7 U0 W6 \: ~There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the5 k) @2 V1 j! F/ }
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
8 D3 R* g6 O9 [' ?reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.: `3 U u+ u* f% W. m% K8 M
) {; l$ X2 O# I8 z# X8 ~: U) y6 JGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always3 D& j' V& E& a" b0 c$ x8 J# N
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- T1 `! u5 s/ k
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; W6 ~$ ^! x1 ]2 Y
disgrasful and it should go away.
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! n! ]& U8 y! o) dBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with* q+ @/ K. J2 x8 [6 r: x
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
5 b3 {* c: X7 U7 X* V1 O1 z% Oafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: j: ~" Q; _, w
* A5 m1 p3 B1 w% YZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu4 e5 T2 E, V1 @ W
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
7 o3 j2 o8 @, D7 v" k1 H+ v1 UUnd 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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