Does someone remember this email funny? It was about?

Question

how english language has derived from german. It started off either in all english, or all german and as you read thru it the words would slowly go into the other language. I remember it as being funny, and it probably has been 5-10 years since I've seen it.

Does anyone know what I am talking about or where I can find it? I've already tried googling it to no avail. Please send it to me!!
Thank you!

Answer 1

EEC Directive: European English for the Millennium

Having chosen English as the preferred EC language (above the protestations of the Germans) the European parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving the efficiency in communications between various Government departments.

European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily difficult. For example: cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee of staff at top level, by participating nations.

In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's' instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly sivil servants in all sities would reseive this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replased by 'k' sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusions in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less letter.

There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year it was announsed that the troublesome'ph'would henceforth be written'f.' This would make words such as 'fotograf' twenty persent shorter in print.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reatsh the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible. Governments would enkourage the removal of double letters which have always been a deterent to akurate speling.

We would al agre that the horible mes of silent'e's in the languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and writ as though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and people would be reseptiv to steps sutsh as replasing 'th' by'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be takn on by 'v' vitsh is, after al, half a 'w.' Shortly after zis, ze unesesary 'o' kuld be dropd from words kontaining 'ou.' Similar arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinashins of leters.

Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer ve vud eventual hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Avter Tventi yers ser vud be no mor trublsm difikultis and evrivum vud fin it ezi to understand ech ozer.

Ze drem vud finall hav kum tru.

Answer 2

You already have one good answer !

Answer 3

you have the answer lol