Re: European Standard English

Tane Akamatsu or Terry Watada (tanea who-is-at ibm.net)
Tue, 02 Sep 1997 22:05:31 -0400

SERPELL wrote:

> EUROPEAN STANDARD ENGLISH
>
> The European Commission has announced an agreement whereby English will
> be the official language of the EU, rather than German, which was the
> other contender. ...........[wonderful description with examples]
> ZE DREM VIL
> FINALI KUM TRU!

Two reactions:

1. They've GOT to be kidding!

2. Assuming this is not a joke (what a great way to start the school
year, btw), one wonders whether pronunciations will change over the
longer haul?

Still bemused and amused,

Tane Akamatsu