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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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7 W/ A5 k& ]8 L8 pAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English8 |. f# V% e' K6 b# m
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
7 {, ^& Y6 `, z+ lplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make- F8 L( ], P* U' S9 F" J4 P
the sivil servants jump with joy.& r0 I4 i, s2 d8 G: W
. u, r9 ?9 A% C! h/ |, MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ u, \. X' l% m0 b9 Z! H/ S2 I
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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$ L3 d' L. j- lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
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fotograf 20% shorter.
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A5 E4 O* r( r) H: }1 T/ cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
2 R! i' O# ?; Sreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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; x* B- r0 p) P3 pGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always; ` K6 W) u0 H, l( Q. D/ y3 k
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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]$ D2 }" N, T) xAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is% s5 Z. q( o! ^
disgrasful and it should go away.2 c- J; D9 c& ]' }+ j
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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( R6 @& h" h1 v. |# X* l/ G% J7 |: BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* K5 i* O/ y% @& o9 @* u7 T" u1 r' q
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl., p. Y3 l. K' E; L' _# T) g5 I
- \6 v5 J( f; Q% {Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
/ D. ]# [: }& K2 ^3 S) l# Runderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( h% r( y$ h" X! O
Und 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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