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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility. Z9 ~' o3 w8 ?& g- {. S- N
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
+ T' G% Y0 i' x3 yspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
" E3 A& c$ a2 p4 c# R. ]plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make7 [# f5 x$ h9 E4 X: n6 q3 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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) B) D6 u& i# |$ VThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up4 x& H1 @: \3 t% W5 {7 \7 n7 P
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.* C# b/ g. a* ?5 Q3 L$ {9 |
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
7 A+ t3 u$ _' W+ L* Ttroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
3 j: u3 Q: R) R; Kfotograf 20% shorter.
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* F3 J( ?* M0 Y* l9 X, uIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to4 }# S+ u n" Z7 j
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
: s/ n M1 w- M+ I7 Vben 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
) y' J: |" \1 H" I+ q( Idisgrasful and it should go away.2 B4 C, ]4 v# {9 U' K
( r" w1 m6 R+ XBy 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
: Y. C9 q( C* Hafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
, q- S* D8 _' e# d3 I: Sunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.+ L+ G! S, r" _4 [% d
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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# E4 O) v: H5 q; Y( y6 G9 f0 fIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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