Official language of EU

Knightscape · 10-06-2005, 02:50 AM

English official language in EU

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 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 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.

burnzey boi · 10-06-2005, 03:24 AM

so.. will this be 'English spelling' rather than 'American'?

Dreamer128 · 10-06-2005, 07:51 PM

Did you read the text? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Eagle eye · 10-06-2005, 11:11 PM

Kol!

Sever · 10-07-2005, 12:48 AM

Lol. Eendeed eet pleeze mee. Zo speekeeng Spaneesh geevs a leetle beet of keek to eet.

[ 10-07-2005, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]

Ilander · 10-07-2005, 02:36 AM

Variant on a Mark Twain written joke, I'm pretty sure...though his ended in complete gibberish...

Still, pretty fun, especially if you'd seen how I had to contort my face to pronounce those last couple of lines.

lost prophet · 10-07-2005, 03:14 AM

it ends up being more like german in the end anyway lol...or is that the whole point of the joke lol

Aragorn1 · 10-07-2005, 04:04 AM

yeah, that's the point [img]smile.gif[/img]

Drakilor · 10-07-2005, 09:15 AM

I guess the whole post is a j/k? If it was for real, a link would´ve been put up.
th -> z vasn´t logikal zou.

johnny · 10-07-2005, 10:00 AM

You gues ? YOU GUESS ???

10-06-2005, 02:50 AM	#1
Knightscape Manshoon Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Canada Age: 18 Posts: 158	English official language in EU 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 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 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. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. W. C. Fields

10-06-2005, 03:24 AM	#2
burnzey boi Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: September 14, 2004 Location: Western Australia Age: 34 Posts: 800	so.. will this be 'English spelling' rather than 'American'? __________________ burnzey - The Australian kiss, like a French kiss, but down under (Main)Undead Mage - 70, Orc Warrior - 70, Blood Elf Paladin - 70, Orc Shaman - 70, Troll Rogue - 70, Orc Hunter - 65, UD Warlock 61, BE Priest 60, Tauren Drood - 60 OM NOM NOM NOM

10-07-2005, 12:48 AM	#5
Sever Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 31, 2002 Location: Western Australia Age: 44 Posts: 3,293	Lol. Eendeed eet pleeze mee. Zo speekeeng Spaneesh geevs a leetle beet of keek to eet. [ 10-07-2005, 12:49 AM: Message edited by: Sever ] __________________ Say say, oh playmate i cannot play with you my dolly's got the flu boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

10-07-2005, 02:36 AM	#6
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Variant on a Mark Twain written joke, I'm pretty sure...though his ended in complete gibberish... Still, pretty fun, especially if you'd seen how I had to contort my face to pronounce those last couple of lines. __________________ Is that what you really want to say?

10-07-2005, 03:14 AM	#7
lost prophet Drow Warrior Join Date: October 23, 2004 Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia Age: 34 Posts: 297	it ends up being more like german in the end anyway lol...or is that the whole point of the joke lol __________________ I have a dream, we all have dreams.

10-06-2005, 07:51 PM	#3
Dreamer128 Dracolisk Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Europe Age: 40 Posts: 6,136	Did you read the text? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

10-06-2005, 11:11 PM	#4
Eagle eye Elminster Join Date: May 13, 2004 Location: New Zealand Age: 34 Posts: 409	Kol!

10-07-2005, 04:04 AM	#8
Aragorn1 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: July 3, 2001 Location: Cornwall England Age: 38 Posts: 1,197	yeah, that's the point [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 09:15 AM	#9
Drakilor Dungeon Master Join Date: July 27, 2005 Posts: 52	I guess the whole post is a j/k? If it was for real, a link would´ve been put up. th -> z vasn´t logikal zou.

10-07-2005, 10:00 AM	#10
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	You gues ? YOU GUESS ??? __________________

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