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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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1 y* [, P g9 C6 x/ DAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English) M7 R" U. z8 z9 g5 K
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" k0 l% _( s: }( t
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' ]4 @! O9 e0 K( p% d2 x+ `
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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9 A @7 ~/ ^9 X( o. WThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
" }2 z- _2 x, }! l: e( |konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
0 ]% X2 W' c+ x6 c& u+ p) o* \troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
' |9 M6 q: j+ [fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; ~2 E9 W6 R8 e) }/ X1 T: v- }reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ s5 R7 ?) i y3 M. jGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
1 }8 X! m9 M5 k2 Q& bdisgrasful and it should go away.+ `/ J' j# g4 ?
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with' o% r. X& ^" @$ ]( n4 t
"z" and "w" with "v".# w9 A4 m0 {) T/ ]1 _5 S
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
0 ~) b0 c5 ~' {4 k3 ^after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.; x9 s/ Q; y+ P) ?2 a3 c: P
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Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
Q) F0 i3 D% h8 S/ Y+ v# t: Cunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
) w4 i d# F& A7 DUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' u. B6 J$ O. I: e+ E
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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