Dan B/Re:depth

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At 08:16 PM 7/8/99 -0400, you wrote:

>"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd

>

>>>Yes, it is my shallowness

>>>that allows your depth to be so "profound."

>>

>>Wait a second... I claimed neither depth nor profundity. From where does

>>that claim arise?

>

>how could you expect "better" unless you

>knew before I answered what that is?

 

That part was ENTIRELY a joke. I'm sorry if it was taken either seriously

or as insult.

 

Words can be such an ineffective mode of communication (especially without

the normal body language we see when talking "in person."). I apologize

for the misunderstanding.

>I didn't tack on a smiley. I was responding with

>pompously profound wisdom. :-)

 

I guess I "didn't get it." :-)

 

With Love,

 

Tim

 

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> Words can be such an ineffective mode of communication (especially without

> the normal body language we see when talking "in person."). I apologize

> for the misunderstanding.

> Tim

 

Hello Tim,

 

As i was surfing to try to learn my english, i stepped on this link on

communication;

 

http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/sem08.html

 

I also wonder if there is such a thing as an effective mode of

communication. Communication may be effective in not being effective.

Who knows?

 

Enjoy,

 

Antoine

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Antoine wrote:

> I also wonder if there is such a thing as an effective mode of

> communication. Communication may be effective in not being effective.

 

Words are bricks.

We can build either walls or bridges.

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> Tim Gerchmez <fewtch

[...]

> That part was ENTIRELY a joke. I'm sorry if it was taken either seriously

> or as insult.

>

> Words can be such an ineffective mode of communication (especially without

> the normal body language we see when talking "in person."). I apologize

> for the misunderstanding.

[..]

Sounds like time to improve the language by simplifying the spelling (found

somewhere on the web):

 

The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby English

will be the official language of the EU 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 5 year phase in plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish":

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make

the sivil sevants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of

the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less

letter.

 

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the

troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This will make words like

"fotograf" 20% shorter.

 

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to

reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments

will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a

deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the

silent "e"'s in the language is disgraceful, and they should go away.

 

By the 4th yar, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with

"z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be

dropd

from vords kontaiining "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 be no mor

trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

 

ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU!!

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jb <kvy9

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Friday, July 09, 1999 5:13 AM

Re: Dan B/Re:depth

 

 

 

| The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby English

| will be the official language of the EU 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 5 year phase in plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish":

| In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will

make

| the sivil sevants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of

| the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less

| letter.

|

| There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the

| troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This will make words like

| "fotograf" 20% shorter.

|

| In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to

| reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments

| will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a

| deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the

| silent "e"'s in the language is disgraceful, and they should go away.

|

| By the 4th yar, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with

| "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be

dropd

| from vords kontaiining "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 be no

mor

| trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

|

| ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU!!

|

|

 

man, this really made me laugh my head off .

thank you for this blissful moment.

on the other hand i am very pleased to hear that the e.e.c. has chosen

english

rather than german (although i am dutch, i do not like the german language

at all) to be the

official language.

 

bi

Hans