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Subject: [OM] Re: Language OT - was 100mm f2.8, which is the good range?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:13:19 +0000
Very good, Brian!

Chris
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On 20 Jan 2006, at 10:40, Brian Swale wrote:

>
> Andrew wrote
>> Of course you are - the lines were implied. Careless reading on my
>> part - and the pedant's deep need to catch someone!
>
> I like it !!
> This also recently came my way:  Brian
>> Fw: English to be the official language of Europe
>
> Message
>           European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby
> English will be the official language of the European Union 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
> 5- year phase-in plan that would become 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 "k". This should
> klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one 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
> expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are  
> possible.
>
>           Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters  
> which
> have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
>
>           Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e"  
> in the
> languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
>
>           By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as
> replasing "th" with "z" and "w"with "v".
>
>           During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords
> kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl  
> riten
> styl.
>
>           Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil  
> find it
> ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum  
> tru.
>
>           Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey
> vunted in ze forst plas.
>
>           If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.
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