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The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
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9 W: A$ D) l$ q2 D2 @+ nAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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5 e( ^: z9 `1 e& }. FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make$ ~- h: e& D. s* H7 r1 E+ @8 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
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0 U1 e- ^1 h5 ]6 k/ J% MThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up! B* F/ o4 r) w$ M- c3 C0 S
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' z& e5 f8 o( C. ?4 N, {
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There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
/ R# Z7 @# ~* S& \troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
! B5 N S% \7 T' ?9 x) A9 w$ L( ufotograf 20% shorter.
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In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
* e" s; o$ Q4 v/ ^reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.. [+ \+ O) q* b$ z+ p1 @ e
0 H4 W. x" v. i, @; p7 ]. n* @Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always4 ^: c1 M. c" z+ z q% a
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# a9 M/ e& k; _! z; ^" z
disgrasful and it should go away.
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) W/ n6 E) t' r# DBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! o! @5 h: }+ y" C9 j
"z" and "w" with "v".
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2 E: L/ F+ B! w6 I# N0 x# dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and7 p$ h5 f- V) ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.8 p7 V Y4 g" q$ Q
. L4 _) o1 O& h$ vZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu# I# d) p0 _0 t% A0 t" h l
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.# K- T4 W8 N; H8 ^
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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