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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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0 J5 G S6 ]- v2 x3 {- [As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 j3 p. Q& ^7 M7 U& b7 {/ I$ P& j8 Y
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in( N3 ^' b$ k) O1 l2 Q/ d' l' |
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"." i4 ?1 b) F# F0 `4 V- q
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In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
) o& w' j. K4 a3 y2 Ythe sivil servants jump with joy.
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4 g* |7 T; Z5 M+ M% PThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up* H: r1 ~" _5 V X( D
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
* }; B) ~9 X* G( T9 u- Utroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like9 Z8 k# y/ L9 h
fotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
" S) u* J; v+ t# ]9 \! zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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/ d6 G8 z, l+ b4 Q# |9 J- qGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 t" R- e) P0 u
ben 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
! @# H5 J9 y* A; _disgrasful and it should go away.
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6 l6 x1 P/ O" \1 w! X HBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ m+ c/ O; o& K: X"z" and "w" with "v".
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During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 i6 `- [) p8 o9 r3 ?4 @+ t
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.6 Q9 v8 q& \8 V1 \; Z/ _& P" Q# a
% [& ]% g) v9 J5 w3 E; NZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu7 Y$ I( e B7 l5 v8 z( |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.- ~- Y& o# g3 o h
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze/ H" z( q* q |' J, K& F
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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