Re: funny/very

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As if English were not maddening enough anyway.

I mean, why on earth are the following words pro

nounced so differently:

enough; through; though; just for example?

Must be maddening for teachers everywhere.

Love,

n, widow of an English teacher whose native

language was German

Re: funny>>>> Looks more like Dutch to me than German. LOL>> --> Mr. Dana F. Utz> utzdanacomcast (DOT) net> > https://home. comcast.net/ ~utzdana/>> ------------ -- Original message ------------ --> From: Shirley <shirleyann64@ att.net>>> 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 spellingkan 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 step! s such as replasing 'th'> with 'z' and 'w' wit h 'v'.>> During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary

'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining> 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil ha! v a reil sensi bl r iten 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>>>>>

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my birth certificate says I am have a Brit - I can understand Benny Hill and Monty Python - I didn't do English grammar until college in 1988 when my faculty advisor started tutoring me - one sentence at a time - I learned to write and got 2 awards from the English department - most improved and best older student - they are filed someplace and don't mean squat - I did have two things published.

I still use a grammar check - my prof finally got so he read my papers for luck.

considering what the other profs let get by - I was blessed by my faculty advisor

Re: funny>>>> Looks more like Dutch to me than German. LOL>> --> Mr. Dana F. Utz> utzdana@comcast! . net> > https://home. comcast.net/ ~utzdana/>> ------------ -- Original message ------------ --> From: Shirley <shirleyann64@ att.net>>> 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 spellingkan 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 step! s such as replasing 'th'> with 'z' and 'w' wit h 'v'.>> During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining> 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil ha! v a reil sensi bl r iten 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>>>>>

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