There has been a lot of talk about language lately. This contribution has nothing to do with sundials either, but I noticed it a few days ago, and members who are in the EU may be interested. ======================================= <Quote> The EU Commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt a single language for the EU. The preferred language for all European communications will be English, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, HM Governmennt conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement, and has accepted a five year phased plan for the introduction of EuroEnglish. In the first year, the letter s will be used instead of the soft c. Sivil Servants will reseive the news with joy. The hard c will also be replaced with k. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when ph will be replaced by f In fase three, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to attain a stage where more komplikated improvements are possible. By the forth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing the th by z, and redusing w to v. During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary o kan be dropd vrom vords kontaining ou, and similar moves wuld be aplid to ozer kombinashons of leters. After the fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Ze dreem of a truli aksepibl English langwij vil av finali kum tru. <Unquote> ========================= Mike Shaw mshaw01.globalnet.co.uk 53.37N 3.02W
