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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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the other possibility.
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As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English9 w# w. t9 ^& c1 F9 Y* n
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in1 J; o( O0 H; [- z" x* {
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".) D: B; o- [. X- h% {5 K2 \
% N) J9 {/ j( [* U3 g( C# I! OIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make9 b7 k8 n4 T9 T* O; w, i
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; {$ K2 g) Y- x8 J5 k" c2 ]( |
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.- n# [0 A+ T0 c9 d& S; Q: v, \8 _8 n/ C) C
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: X& s' n1 `/ H4 C$ @There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the k- v A- o0 n8 e. y- y
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# o. g% k' l6 Q( p8 G+ l
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.; h* |% V4 l) j/ R" B
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Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 Z. _0 q5 m& r5 h! u
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
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! ~/ U [' c8 h" Z7 [! D' c% T& {Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is0 V" q1 J: j# F3 S: p; O9 `
disgrasful and it should go away." l& u, l! W5 X' m( p0 Q9 O
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By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# p: [+ `. Q2 A; Q6 \5 j9 p
"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and/ t5 I$ C$ F% I
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
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/ {1 E& e: p/ G3 k0 J: V+ D9 O& zZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
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Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
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: ~3 }( A3 `* K7 m9 J( G S; iIf zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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