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Re: HUMOUR: "EuroEnglish": is this for real???

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Sunday, October 1, 2000, 8:03
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>It gets posted on this list & others with irregular(but IMNSHO too >frequent) monotony. Versions of it have been around since at least the >1980s to my knowledge. > >What beats me is why it still has currency. It's not merely a spelling >reform - it also includes important changes to English phonemic structure. >Hardly likely, methinks.
Isnt it supposed to be funny, and not to be taken seriously? (Hence the spelling changes as the article goes on) I thought it was funny when I first read it and thought no way was it supposed to be real in any sense.