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#85792 - 03/21/05 05:03 AM Subject: The European Commission
Graham UK Offline
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Registered: 01/20/01
Posts: 1925
Loc: Lincolnshire UK
Subject: Fw: The European Commission

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, Her Majesty's 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
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 shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected 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 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 containing "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.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. Zen ve vil rul ze vorld.

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#85793 - 03/21/05 05:17 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
Gunnar Jonny Online   content
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Registered: 04/01/01
Posts: 4333
Loc: Norway
Quote:
Originally posted by Graham UK:
......If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. Zen ve vil rul ze vorld.


It really looks (sounds) as you've ready to leave the bar.
Why use six years when a evening at the bar willdo?
GJ
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#85794 - 03/21/05 05:57 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
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Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
Graham must have got into the fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice I had hidden behind the bar. If he's seeing those dancing girls, I would be money he had more than one glass of this magical mix.

Bottom's up,

Gary
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#85795 - 03/21/05 06:12 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
Tony Rome Offline
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Registered: 12/11/04
Posts: 1374
Loc: Cozumel Mexico
Graham....is this the way all Englishman slur their words after having a "Pint" in an
English Pub....BTW, is the RED LION INN still
open...Golly Good play on the words brilliant
actually....

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#85796 - 03/21/05 09:59 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
Sheriff Offline
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Registered: 02/18/05
Posts: 965
Loc: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Quote:
Originally posted by Graham UK:
Subject: Fw: The European Commission

Is that a joke?

Quote:
Originally posted by Graham UK:
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.

I cannot believe it because there are 45,000,000 of people living in UK, 55,000,000 of people living in France and much more than 100,000,000 of people living in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Quote:
Originally posted by Graham UK:
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 become known as "Euro-English".

At first the english government has to induct the european currency (EURO). If they haven't done yet then IMHO they're not allowed to make choices to any languages...*grrr*...

Quote:
Originally posted by Graham UK:
...In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c"...

The rest of the text is really joking, isn't it?

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#85797 - 03/21/05 10:26 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
nardoni2002 Offline
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Registered: 08/12/02
Posts: 673
Loc: malaga, spain
i think there is 58,000,000 people in uk,mike (according to ask jeeves the latest estimate is) 60,270,708,,,also they do take the euro,they just don,t give it out(unless you are going on holiday)

[This message has been edited by nardoni2002 (edited 03-21-2005).]

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#85798 - 03/21/05 11:32 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
Sheriff Offline
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Registered: 02/18/05
Posts: 965
Loc: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Quote:
Originally posted by nardoni2002:
i think there is 58,000,000 people in uk,mike (according to ask jeeves the latest estimate is) 60,270,708...

Boa, ey...that explains the high unemloyment situation in UK to me...it is more than 10 percent, isn't it? It's possible that I'm wrong...

Quote:
Originally posted by nardoni2002:
also they do take the euro,they just don,t give it out(unless you are going on holiday)

Ah, that's what I've thought first...


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#85799 - 03/21/05 04:32 PM Re: Subject: The European Commission
Tony W Offline
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Registered: 12/04/99
Posts: 836
Loc: Lancaster UK
Quote:
Originally posted by Sheriff:
Boa, ey...that explains the high unemloyment situation in UK to me...it is more than 10 percent, isn't it? It's possible that I'm wrong... [/b]


It is entirely possible that you are wrong
According to http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ the current percentage of economically active people currently unemployed stands at 4.6%

Quote:
Originally posted by nardoni2002:
also they do take the euro,they just don,t give it out(unless you are going on holiday)............
Ah, that's what I've thought first...


That is because we love our heritage and quite rightly the good old English Pound is part of that.

I am proud to be English and love my country. I don't want to become just another state in a United states of Europe. I am not a facist or a xenophobe. Far from it. However I see nothing wrong in having a love of ones country and wanting to remain independant, not part of a European Union.

Best wishes
Tony



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#85800 - 03/22/05 09:53 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
nardoni2002 Offline
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Registered: 08/12/02
Posts: 673
Loc: malaga, spain
when we joined the EEC we was told (british people)that it would be great for us everything would be cheaper cause of mass purchasing,problem is the british government rip off the british public so the people don,t get the benefits,,,,remember when you could buy a BRITISH made car in belgium for a LOT less than in uk, or british goods abroad for a LOT less,heres the best one,(persuading people to instal central heating)north sea gas,its on our doorstep people will be able to centrally heat their homes for pennies,what they didn,t say was how many 1000s of pennies,i agree britain is a great country just a pity their priorities are wrong,mike

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#85801 - 03/22/05 09:58 AM Re: Subject: The European Commission
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Registered: 03/21/03
Posts: 3748
Loc: Motown
I think you all missed the JOKE (humor, sarcasm, etc.).

Anyway, I thought it was funny.
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