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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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0 B$ Z; e$ F0 o! H! \7 TAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English* Q2 G& O! x/ m# }$ K! O( I# p
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in$ z+ [- [: H4 k# k$ T+ a6 L( O
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish". `# V7 _8 Z4 @( u: ?
0 ?& ~% R$ y- L. ?: Y: MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make8 z1 \, g* l, |5 s" Q' F& \ @% P8 G
the sivil servants jump with joy.7 f# p0 n# I ]% o! A
2 }+ L6 C1 C5 Q& l2 `The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
+ p! M0 L% q: m hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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3 v o; y# ]4 f0 z/ KThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 a& z; [7 N9 F) wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like$ y7 C0 T8 n) I! x4 [* G9 \
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to- p# ]! F4 U: Z$ ^3 `6 j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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$ i# G6 ] r# S7 Y$ k6 ZGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
$ ^% Y/ S G( J9 Hben a deterent to akurate speling.( z3 E- M" j+ g5 k6 @
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is- s% o2 A7 r2 Y, n
disgrasful and it should go away.( d0 U" l" g- n; t+ G- b; }4 T: Y$ h8 d
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with0 Y, ?3 F! a0 j8 {9 x
"z" and "w" with "v".( U. q0 v" J( J2 o2 o
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 \+ i- A }/ N+ P" @
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ {, F& l( m, a. M, K5 Y
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 {6 Q# q3 U% Y4 u1 T
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.: t/ |$ X3 m2 x+ H# N
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 }: p+ X& Z3 P# b& L
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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