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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 English1 |3 i, K! I. b
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 t& z& B' Q: v! Q5 z
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".. a! s! _1 s' z: |1 ^- P! e
, A- }9 ^0 y8 \4 TIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
5 l# p: f6 Y3 |/ Ythe sivil servants jump with joy.+ C" m& Y! Z! f8 ^* J7 T
$ x) B! G" r: o! G6 V' A0 g) K. aThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up' M& F. L- n7 e/ U* ^
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
$ R% P) L7 |7 @2 rtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
+ G; p! s# h! h) J+ z) v7 |$ b" ]fotograf 20% shorter.
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4 V; w, e; [3 `* {' U9 P' ?$ `In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
; X0 e- P2 P( U9 C9 k2 }3 mreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
7 p/ h( M2 @ Bben a deterent to akurate speling." W5 ^# i5 T& i0 p4 @
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Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 E$ p4 g( U$ J0 ~disgrasful and it should go away.
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3 T1 y3 v# w; Z+ D0 m6 YBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with$ p. i' A* G+ c( A
"z" and "w" with "v".
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& i7 f; [: z# ]6 CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
8 \+ p) O* W0 r: B8 N5 }after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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- w; y, g0 }1 a8 N, J1 GZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu" g: a2 h7 `" t" ?7 u; d
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.5 q8 h1 X4 h* @: P! w
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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