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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 English2 ^4 t0 y5 G* Z$ o
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
- X* W, }+ d. P- {+ p. I; n2 U! `plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make+ n M, P* t- ~! F. ?
the sivil servants jump with joy.3 {8 p; e/ v. `5 a" r+ s
5 `$ H1 ?6 p+ e5 j3 {9 mThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
) D( t+ d H. V8 f6 Z* Lkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., ]6 B& l/ R) b/ g: N
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ F' v- F. U( Q* T+ H( M0 ^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 to S( [' B, W8 j& r
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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& j0 U, X1 X- @7 D1 U1 TGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
& i& q. T% V# e% z6 g: sben 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
9 Y$ I( m# I5 fdisgrasful and it should go away.: I, A9 N/ M2 j
6 J* C& O0 t8 R1 Y& G; t# yBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with+ P5 ]6 ^4 r, `# A* O" P+ i; E
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and6 H4 R* G0 {6 }8 R$ [# a
after 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
0 Y6 D& a# w5 M' w6 u, y: Z/ J3 _understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.$ r; s- w# M2 s6 z" r
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze* R% A$ [9 Z2 l- D- C8 r
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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