Mobileread?

[banjobama]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

After a review of the expense of the translation of official documents into all the languages of the much expended EU, the European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will become the official language of the European Union. The surprise result of the review was apparently due to the Germans voting with the UK government.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government have conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy...


Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

This just made my night!!

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

After a review of the expense of the translation of official documents into all the languages of the much expended EU, the European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will become the official language of the European Union. The surprise result of the review was apparently due to the Germans voting with the UK government.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government have conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "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 enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropt from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

That is awesome! I can't give you enough karma!!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

That is awesome! I can't give you enough karma!!

It's not original to me (although I tweaked the first paragraph a little). Thanks for the kind words. I suppose I ought to repost in a more appropriate thread.

[EDIT: Now reposted in the Jokes thread, including Dylrob's commnet, which reminded me of the joke.]

[afa]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

Haha!

Well done. Unfortunately, I haven't spread enough Karma around since the last time I gave you some, so I owe you some K...

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's not original to me (although I tweaked the first paragraph a little). Thanks for the kind words. I suppose I ought to repost in a more appropriate thread.

... where we can K you again!!

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's not original to me (although I tweaked the first paragraph a little). Thanks for the kind words. I suppose I ought to repost in a more appropriate thread.

It seems to fit in just fine, here. I'm sure others would appreciate it as well, though.

[Quexos]

I pronounce Mobileread (reed) in the present as this name is a generalization whereas Mobileread (as color red) would be specific to one book that was just mobile read ...
If the latter was what the makers of this website meant, then I'd have to ask them: what is ?

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Pegster

The website is about mobile reading - therefore I pronounce it as 'reed'

Me too. Though I've never thought of how it could have more than one way of being pronounced before either. lol.

[Harmon]

Originally Posted by fr0stbit3

Sorry, This may sound dumb.. But in the term "mobileread" is the "read" supposed to be past tense (like mobile-red) or future (like mobile-reed) ?

Thanks

poe-TAH-toe.

[JaneD]

Am I the only one who thinks this should be submitted to a poll vote?

Not that the thought police are going to prevent you from pronouncing it any way you want in your head as you read, but I'd be interested in seeing what pronunciation the majority of us prefer.

[replica145]

Originally Posted by JaneD

Am I the only one who thinks this should be submitted to a poll vote?

Not that the thought police are going to prevent you from pronouncing it any way you want in your head as you read, but I'd be interested in seeing what pronunciation the majority of us prefer.

Landslide victory for "reed".

[kennyc]

I say potato!

P.S. Oh Damn! Harmon beat me again! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...2&postcount=54

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by JaneD

Am I the only one who thinks this should be submitted to a poll vote?

.

Yes you are.

[Nyssa]

I honestly can't see how it could be anything but "reed". Nothing else makes sense. I tried playing around with "mobile" & "red", but they all sounded awful: "red mobile", "red mobilly" "mobilly red".
Naw, it has to be mobile "reed".

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by JaneD

Am I the only one who thinks this should be submitted to a poll vote?

probably