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2001-04-24 11:59j d--- Richard Bevan <richbevan@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: "Richard Bevan" <richbevan@hotmai
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[idm] Fwd: Fwd :The Euro Language
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quoted 96 lines From: "Richard Bevan" <richbevan@hotmail.com>> From: "Richard Bevan" <richbevan@hotmail.com> > To: oberheim_thief@yahoo.co.uk > Subject: Fwd :The Euro Language > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:56:06 -0000 > > > > > >From: "Trevor Alexander" <trevalex@hotmail.com> > >To: duckpizza@hotmail.com, > ewanbramhall@hotmail.com, richbevan@hotmail.com, > >l.j.hopewell@dundee.ac.uk, n4cksta@hotmail.com, > mcbi7pn2@hotmail.com, > >jenniferjredman@hotmail.com, > seemasolani@hotmail.com, > >Paul.Sparks@emi.u-bordeaux.fr > >Subject: Fwd :The Euro Language > >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:58:16 > > > > > > > > > >>From: foreignterrain@hotmail.com > >>Reply-To: manchester_electronica@yahoogroups.com > >>To: manchester_electronica@yahoogroups.com > >>Subject: [manchester_electronica] The Euro > Language > >>Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 21:33:32 -0000 > >> > >>The Euro Language > >> > >> > >>The European Commission has just announced an > agreement > >>whereby English will be the official language of > the EU > >>rather than German which was the other > possibility. As part > >>of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government > conceded that > >>English spelling had some room for improvement and > has > >>accepted > >>a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as > "Euro-English". > >> > >>In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". > Sertainly, > >>this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. > The hard "c" > >>will be dropped in favour of the"k". This should > klear up > >>konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter. > >> > >>There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the > sekond year, > >>when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with > "f". This > >>will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. > >> > >>In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new > spelling kan be > >>ekspekted to reach the stage where more > komplikated changes > >>are possible. Governments will enkorage the > removal of double > >>letters, which have always ben a deterent to > akurate speling. > >>Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the > silent "e"s in > >>the language is disgraseful, and they should go > away. > >> > >>By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps > such as > >>replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During > ze fifz year, > >>ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords > kontaining "ou" and > >>similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer > kombinations of > >>leters. > >> > >>After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl > riten styl. Zer > >>vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil > find it ezi > >>to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum > tru! And zen > >>ve vil tak over ze world! > >> > >> > >> > > > >
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