On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, David Bromige wrote:
> But it left me puzzled, wanting to know at which point the Government
> suggestions left off & Andy Bell's inspired invention took over. Or is it
> a l l a hoax, & I too removed from British irony to know?
- all hoax, David, like the suggestion that EU grants would be conditional
on grant-winners putting up heroic sculptures of Delors & Santer... on the
other hand, I do have a document before me which is "The Economic and
Social Committee of the European Union Opinion on Plain Language (CES
797/95) which notes that "The people of Europe are yearning for clear and
simple language in European documents. Let us give it to them."
Do we so yearn? Making a list of your top ten yearns right now, where
does clearer eurospeak appear? Do we mind that others are making such
assumptions of our lumpenyearnings?
Stop me if I'm boring you...
RC
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