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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
4 R9 [% D% g6 L9 @spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ k- g" ~; @/ H' M. d$ z4 f% Cplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".( q4 z2 @% @3 x- r: R
3 k% J8 A% s* E1 b4 Q5 u: A: e: ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
+ z8 Z1 ^- W9 `+ v/ I; G7 Tthe sivil servants jump with joy.$ U! R1 t+ Q" T; _0 a
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* k* f" e: Y+ V1 Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" Z' _1 x# ^( B; ?2 }# @4 Gfotograf 20% shorter. L9 V4 x2 ?3 G* q
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; D* i: @5 ~1 k4 F& U. |6 n8 O+ n* Z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible." U) Y5 e( |5 J
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 l$ |! m+ A1 T- X
ben 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
+ J! [3 {+ M2 d% T6 z! @! Vdisgrasful and it should go away.3 Y) o* S& K5 q) `8 F( R
5 P% m: T; |# q, H% x# Z: k3 n" u+ wBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( Q, n7 ]& a9 N/ C"z" and "w" with "v".
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( v, m9 y! F$ cDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
. Z" W5 A$ O$ j2 C& M! t, Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.+ E3 @1 D& c( G4 f
0 C9 Y& n3 i' | F1 u" _: yZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
4 b2 i/ R6 o1 d7 _. m$ ~understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
% ^, |" j1 s7 P* UUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' {9 p' A# k+ }) w2 `1 d2 W/ \. P
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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