far off topic pronunciation

From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Wed Jan 08 1997 - 20:29:23 PST 

Date:          Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:29:23 
From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg120$foo@default>
Subject:       far off topic pronunciation

Dear Nigel,

> We thought it was great when the rules of the Eurovision
> song contest were changed so that singers had to use the language of
> the country they represented because it immediately put the Germans
> and Scandinavians at a substantial disadvantage. The reason we don't
> win is because we never enter decent songs!

The reason Germany was excluded from the contest was IMHO not our
possibly awful language but the consistently poor quality of the
songs submitted (last time we participated, we left the stage with a
single point from Cyprus if I remember well). The one German song that
ever won the contest ("Ein bisschen Frieden", a little bit of peace)
was probably a mistake by the jury. Nevertheless, the contest is
great fun ("Autriche... dix points") and it's a pity that our TV
companies did not broadcast it the last time (maybe Germans are
indeed bad loosers).

Kind regards
Jan

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