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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 English4 n+ u1 r9 C/ f
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
) A& y# Q. K' dplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 p* C- I0 t8 S6 K0 [! n/ \
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
1 u a/ u) Q, P/ ]- mthe sivil servants jump with joy.
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" z8 L. S' y" ~* o; PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
( j# R8 C2 L/ c* w! U8 @1 v# {' bkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter." e0 w" q& l( z) q8 [8 L; G
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the3 c4 l2 ]- @" S g5 X
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to0 e- _ ?& v; i! G& Y
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always% x5 f( m4 i, `+ ^1 B
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 N9 ?6 _$ Y, F; q
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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: T: o: S* H7 BDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
& ^5 c8 V" R" h4 I/ O' x# yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.5 t9 q( z. x( Q7 d% G8 A1 L
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
' m: I; C; s, K3 h$ gunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.% D' Y4 `3 p1 }, P# Z
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze6 [2 c, j( U+ W# S
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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