thank you thank you Jim
>From: Simon Fowler MADUR-SALES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] 3. Speak German (JAMES PHELPS) >Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:16:41 +0100 > >3. Speak German (JAMES PHELPS) > > > > > > > > >Quit some time ago there was a joke posted about changing vowels and >sounds in the English language to correct things, by the end it was German >can anyone show me the joke again? > > > >Jim > > > > > >Yes, my sister sent it to me. I will dig it out for you. > > > > > >Ready for new English? > > > >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. > >Simon Fowler >MADUR ELECTRONICS >Voitgasse 4 >A-1220 Vienna >Phone: + 43-1-2584502 >Fax: + 43-1-2584502-22 >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
