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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
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plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
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' V/ X; g0 h8 z; b" [& b, bIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
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The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
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" M: L b& r9 WThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 V3 g* G6 g' P" p9 s: Z7 t# t9 }& D
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
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% _/ C e! \, z4 I# dIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
8 M/ V* ^1 I# z- p# |) ]/ Zreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
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) D6 Y+ c, q- u2 |6 OGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
( O$ u+ K# H# e+ s8 U# Uben 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
8 `* l3 S0 [9 P( i6 c# B! Gdisgrasful and it should go away.3 H% ]3 J2 d4 C
! g6 c9 G% b7 t }6 o; c8 A0 IBy 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
) i+ @" S2 v* J- t1 L# Xafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 `0 B6 f# y M9 ~7 Y
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Zer 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 ze9 u# l- |9 f7 k+ C/ e; I
forst plas.
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If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
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