Nevertheless... priceless and has made my day.
(Boy ... do I need a life!!!)
Rich K/ KEDS
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pascal Guiheneuf
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] [NTC] [OT] Official Language of the European Union
The joke was already served in "Whole Earth, Fall, 1998".
Thanks for the reminder,
Pascal Guihéneuf
Nortel Wireless
UMTS NPI/LCM
GSM/UMTS Environmentally-Friendly Core Team Leader
ESN 574-5382 or 33.1.69.55.53.82 (phone)
ESN 754-2704 or 33.6.64.04.27.04 (mobile)
-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Whittaker, Dewey (AZ75)
Sent: vendredi 23 septembre 2005 17:14
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Subject: Re: [LF] [NTC] [OT] Official Language of the European Union
I sent this a few weeks ago, but the E-mail police stripped it. Imagine anyone thinking my sense of humor was not appropriate. Dewey
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Genny Gibbard
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:09 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LF] [NTC] [OT] Official Language of the European Union
Happy Friday...
> If you thought RoHS and WEEE weren't enough...
>
> The 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 that 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 peopl 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 sensibl
> 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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