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Subject:Re: Do You Know European? <HUMOR> From:"Steven J. Owens" <puff -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:28:20 -0800
LaVonna,
> This was sent to me without full attribution. I hope you enjoy
> this Friday afternoon humor.
>> Do You Know European?
>> =====================
>> Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC (now officially
>> [...]
>> Kontinuing zis proses yer aftr yer, ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten
>> stil. Aftr tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrion
>> vud fin it ezi tu understan esh ozer. Ze drems of ze E.U. vud finali kum
>> tru.
I remember seeing the original version of this at least as far back
as 1987. I think that, minus the preface about the EEEC, this is by
Mark Twain. I'm not sure, but it has a sertain fil to it :-)
