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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 English
4 x" q; x6 I/ ~; }$ qspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in @ B3 p W" A8 H: D6 k, z) B1 g
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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, u+ R9 @) p3 s2 ZIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
% }0 L( `. n- Y; a' Othe sivil servants jump with joy.+ a; Y' ~0 Y7 G5 [2 `5 a
; U E' I- p2 ]9 ^+ h" n3 W+ tThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
% @0 g& V0 v5 rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.( F+ Z- f4 ]* r% n$ W l. p
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
- O" G z" X; A9 A, g! ~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 to6 v& |1 ]$ q& G9 L6 O$ M
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 ~- Y5 `* b( g+ W" a" v+ M
$ \2 s, n$ D2 R& `6 A: CGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( u9 g/ m( `" A4 y2 Eben a deterent to akurate speling.( J* w3 h2 K$ I8 ?6 T0 m! C, S+ f* V
" B7 U; s) C! \9 j, kAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
/ Q+ A) P, G+ D# N ^5 Bdisgrasful and it should go away.1 [& m1 s- p Y1 ]1 v6 x- k0 s
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
, B) m1 i! @8 Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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( o# N4 b3 j0 R8 z& l3 @. IZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
. _" R2 q$ y' uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 x0 W/ ]# q5 _9 P, qUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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/ _( ?) k$ c4 E* t3 w" ?If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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