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John the Monkey said:
JtM I much prefer your translation, but like Snapper 37, I can translate the original.
What I struggle with, is reading handwriting up-side-down, not too bad with the printed word.
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JtM I much prefer your translation, but like Snapper 37, I can translate the original.
What I struggle with, is reading handwriting up-side-down, not too bad with the printed word.
I think this might help to explain things.
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).
In the first year, 's' will be used instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard 'c' will be replaced with 'k.' Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced by 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20 per sent shorter.
In the third 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 horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' by 'z' and 'w' by 'v'. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou', and similar changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil b no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru.
As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).
In the first year, 's' will be used instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard 'c' will be replaced with 'k.' Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced by 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20 per sent shorter.
In the third 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 horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' by 'z' and 'w' by 'v'. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou', and similar changes vud of kors; be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil b no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru.
John the Monkey
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I'm certainly aware that language evolves, and that usage is an ever changing thing, but txtspk really does get on my nerves, especially when there's no need for it (in arenas where you aren't limited to a set number of characters).
Even where a character limit exists, one of the joys of the medium (twitter, for example) is conveying meaning concisely, without resorting to this horrid vowel-less idiolect.
I suppose if Jane Austen were writing today, her character would be texting each other such bon mots as "Mr Drcy iz wl fit lolz kthx xxx"
Even where a character limit exists, one of the joys of the medium (twitter, for example) is conveying meaning concisely, without resorting to this horrid vowel-less idiolect.
I suppose if Jane Austen were writing today, her character would be texting each other such bon mots as "Mr Drcy iz wl fit lolz kthx xxx"
John the Monkey
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I suspect this may change, as my nippers (primary age currently) are taught a surprising amount of grammar (to me at least).gavintc said:
Not so long ago (when a colleague of mine's children were primary age) the important thing was that they "expressed themselves" to the point that they could do so illegibly. I remember my colleague recounting many occasions on which she had visited the school and expressed her displeasure for this "teaching" style with some vehemence.
If you're interested in why schools (or some schools at least) are in the mess they're in, Frank Chalk's "It's Your Own Time You're Wasting" is worth a read.
