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EU standard language

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:09 am

The european union commisioners have anounced that an agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preffered language for European comunications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (or Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertanly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replased by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in languag is digrasful, and they would go.

By the fourth year, peopl will be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by the leter "z" and "w" by "v".
During yer 5, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd, from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German lik zey vunted in ze forst plas.
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Re: EU standard language

Postby flyboy 28 » Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:42 pm

LMAO!!! ;D ;D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby BFMF » Thu Feb 05, 2004 1:11 am

been posted before ;)
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Re: EU standard language

Postby Politically Incorrect » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:31 am

;D ;D ;D
Seems like a few here at "TheV" have already put the "Euro" into effect!!  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby Hagar » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:38 am

[quote] ;D ;D ;D
Seems like a few here at "TheV" have already put the "Euro" into effect!!
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Re: EU standard language

Postby Politically Incorrect » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:51 am

TRUE!  ;D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby flyboy 28 » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:30 am

Ja? :D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby russ » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:13 pm

LMAO!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby terbert » Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:53 pm

???

Wot is you be arn about, Agar, Is you be sayin that us Bucks peoples cant not speak like proper?? We baint no diffrent frarm wot you lot is wot lives up on them there ills. Wot I wont to know is, wy do you call them there ills wich are 'ups' Downs ??? ???

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Re: EU standard language

Postby Hagar » Sat Feb 07, 2004 6:08 pm

Wot I wont to know is, wy do you call them there ills wich are 'ups' Downs ??? ???

Tony old chap. I've lived here all my life & this one has always puzzled me. ??? When we were young we often went up the Downs to play. This is known as Silly Sussex after all. ::) ;D

There is also the North Downs. Maybe the people who live up that way would know. ;)

PS. My ex came from the village of Upper Beeding. This is several miles further south & lower in altitude than the village of Lower Beeding. I never figured that one out either. ;D
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Re: EU standard language

Postby terbert » Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:45 am

??? ??? Not just Sussex, old boy ;D

Bedfordshire has Dunstable Downs, which are 'ups' also.

It is lovely to sit on the 'Downs' and watch aircraft flying around below. So when they are up, they can't be, because as you say, they are lower than the downs, which are really ups, ;D  so where are they ???

Oh, my gawd, what am I babbling on about. ;D It is only midday and I am off my trolley ;D

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Re: EU standard language

Postby Jared » Sun Feb 08, 2004 8:20 pm

lol, I'm not sure what's funnier, the actual joke, or the responses...:-)
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