 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! K! T1 Q: o2 s& H
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- a1 J1 o8 x6 mthe other possibility.4 e5 W% w f. j3 I# `; s8 m
. o" T I) u' |% A* ?As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English1 Z, d2 Q: D0 w5 J* F
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
$ }0 x- H7 \; tplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
9 e: l6 {* a) X0 ~% L' l% w, k8 v! j% E( \/ ^ ^0 Y* x% k
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make: Q W2 T" G* D/ R4 a8 D' y3 L w
the sivil servants jump with joy.
: Q" r; O' T W' u d1 i
/ O) T' F$ h6 TThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up: O5 c2 T4 B5 c/ z
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.; E. u0 X5 |- \: ~' _; b$ g z# [
' L: I. u4 y* v& V' `" O, N5 G" X* x. o' p
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the/ a! m; X3 s5 b4 W3 J( f) r( ~$ z* X! c
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like+ F3 \6 m' ~! m5 r
fotograf 20% shorter.* `' ^; Q/ T6 ?9 ^9 s
; ^# r: O8 V _ i1 N! wIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 M3 p0 [; Q" i* ]8 [
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.- `( u* k; e3 D& B; _6 `9 z2 }
- X3 @% h6 F% Q- J% ?; H
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always7 ^# G* f! v0 }/ t3 \ }
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
8 o+ P( p( |: U$ f( E6 e9 U& ?
7 y+ i/ l/ i% i/ Y+ v9 JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
7 G: B1 \" U/ A' \1 n, h1 `1 ?disgrasful and it should go away.
, z0 z# J0 |9 ^& S1 v5 m+ ^7 I) a. w! H3 W8 k. b- F9 M& E7 @
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with! j% T" _0 ?0 O/ T: M
"z" and "w" with "v".$ \& D- N( J- E& A
$ S9 b3 \- B9 ^5 s+ l/ e0 ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and$ B% |4 o) r5 l4 t+ k- ~
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl./ P& P2 G3 ~. E1 O
3 i0 R r& i/ e9 Z* z: DZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 I/ U0 E/ S8 I- a a# f" |7 N7 bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 e f5 |: ^. @! O1 v% q& s
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
g' N( Y: ?9 r! Q7 N6 ], @forst plas., ? z- d3 \2 a+ w$ r* G: [9 E
( u% X, C2 [. O4 w, b+ ]If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2005-6-30 14:45
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2005-6-30 14:48
发表于 2005-7-1 15:56
楼主
