OT: Modifications to English;-)

2000-04-27 Thread Alexander V. Kiselev
Hello all, Just decided to share this with you;-) ---8 The European Commission have 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

Re: OT: Modifications to English;-)

2000-04-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Thursday, April 27, 2000, 7:29:45 AM, Alexander wrote: 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 year, vi vil hav a realy sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or

Re: OT: Modifications to English;-)

2000-04-27 Thread Alexander V. Kiselev
Hi there! On 27 Apr 00, at 9:27, Steve Lamb wrote about "Re: OT: Modifications to English;-)": ZE DREAM VIL FINALI KUM TRU! Unfortunately, like most decent jokes it has been retold, poorly, with no credit to its lineage. I do believe Mark Twain was the man w

Re: OT: Modifications to English;-)

2000-04-27 Thread Gary
Hi Alexander, On Thursday, April 27, 2000, 9:29:45 AM, you wrote in part about "OT: Modifications to English;-)": A The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby A English will be the official language Thanks for that, I had a great laugh! I will save this on

Re: OT: Modifications to English;-)

2000-04-27 Thread Alexander V. Kiselev
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