On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Catweasel wrote:
>
> 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.
Won't the French be furious at that!
>
> 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).
>
Uh --- I remember reading this under the heading of Spelling
Reform fifty years ago. It was funny even then.
But for a truly international lagunage in my part of the world,
try Spanglish.
Patricia (Pat) Mathews
mathews @unm.edu
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