As Henry Kissinger said first we strike at their language, then their religion and then their history. Guess what folks, Cypriot MP Marios Matsakis submitted a proposal to the Cyprus Minister of Education Andreas Demetriou calling for the "simplification" of the Greek language. The same proposal was also sent to Greek MPs.
Demetriou's proposal calls for the setting up of a linguistics committee that will look into the "simplification" and the "modernization" of the Greek language.
In his letter, the Cypriot MP says that we should:
- remove the letters 'η' and 'υ' and replaced by the letter ι'.
- abolish the letter 'ω' and replaced by the letter 'o'.
- delete the following letter combinations and replaced as follows: αι'---> 'ε', 'ει'--->'ι', 'οι--->ι', 'υι'--->ι',
- 'αυ'--->'αβ', 'ευ'--->'εβ'
- end the use of 'γγ' and replaced by the 'γκ'.
- repeal of the final letter 'ς' and replaced by the letter 'σ'
As a result of these changes, says the MP, the Greek alphabet will only have 21 letters (α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν ,ξ , ο ,π, ρ, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ) and ('ου').
Matsakis argues that the simplification of Greek writing is necessary in the context of a unitary beam voltage of languages in the European Union. Moreover, such a change would make the Greek script simpler and more manageable.
Surprisingly, the news was featured in a Thrace online news site... and we all know what is going on in this area of Greece... coincidence?
Editor's Note: Indeed this might sound harmless, but we would like to see someone ask the French to write beaucoup as bocou, or couteau as couto. Or why not ask an Englishman to write the word thought as thot, or how about wrought as rot. Ask a German to to write Gemutsbeschaffenheit as Gemutsbesafenheit, or Erbschleicher as Erbsleiher and see what happens! Then we can accept this preposterous idea.
Translated from elthraki
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