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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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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
. M* {0 q) r2 G: sspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
: p4 j9 H# p& 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 make4 g+ T. K& n# h% }
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up6 d/ c. I: B/ A- }" {: W% o
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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- v# R" Z7 @1 L0 B( w3 x+ nThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
9 R' _1 B% H. i6 Mtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like: P& ?: B9 v8 g4 u
fotograf 20% shorter.4 L; t+ I @+ W: U1 X! H; ^2 { x
/ c( k% g+ I, F1 s" F8 @, gIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
/ X2 M1 A" R6 c, r! Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.% V9 |3 v/ [. i/ g& N9 M
; b# v" r- M0 X" i5 r9 lGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
0 i+ l9 {- B0 ~* `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
" h8 O# P2 ]9 v+ p7 F3 P1 @disgrasful and it should go away.
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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- y' M: C! \) k* {: i8 bDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ i/ L: C [, ~) n; W: R" j7 pafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.0 H ~# k" i3 Z: o6 d: N
6 q. N* Y- k5 v8 ]* Z2 V% i+ }Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
) h# G5 Z y; M/ Q4 }understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* k! `$ h2 D& b# W/ P" M
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze0 J# i( v2 n( n( u* g
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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