 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
" N2 `, a% K& c! l2 zbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
1 [+ E8 ]5 S1 nthe other possibility.! _8 X( p' ]% L$ L
) v) o+ i/ w3 c7 K& F
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English7 K4 C1 Q* N; K! J! F! i: S- O
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! p P% J+ I+ j. D( B" u
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 V+ C0 {( O+ Q2 M; @: D
~( |" T+ H u4 FIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
. M# r j! e% tthe sivil servants jump with joy.( X5 l! v3 t7 k/ n
6 G: U3 ?( l, T: C7 F* d- ^
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, p# h d! Q% ]% H3 p' A! y! l! s, }6 rkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
' S: p3 K I& n
1 t; L1 {) l* `0 R2 u( d% }, q; w1 K& e
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
. { ^0 r. }( q: C: htroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
" k1 C9 ?7 l, n( r& D( m! Zfotograf 20% shorter.8 @0 {! k; q7 v2 U! F0 t
3 [! _+ d# a" L! y H) f2 C# `
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to9 [/ u' e- s) F
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
# J6 x# S* g/ h1 `- ?" C7 \( w* m: k& i- L8 w1 I/ T! e2 q
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
/ ?& |3 W4 v, @, aben a deterent to akurate speling.
0 K" Z( v6 O- o2 J& k2 `/ ~: G9 A& u2 h, N# {! p
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is; h' E0 V8 N( x9 s u1 t
disgrasful and it should go away.( x- B7 a, k/ H# M3 S! e
/ Q1 J$ e: ?6 t, m4 J0 O& t0 g! e0 a
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with4 w4 G: _* `* z
"z" and "w" with "v"./ t$ v7 t1 r8 I; y
% l5 t; [4 O6 }- CDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
$ O/ ?( u3 H( K2 ^8 Q# V; c fafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.) D3 Q1 b( {* ` R8 p
! t3 w, A+ v" H! w% A( C; b
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu9 b' X# {9 Q9 I$ Q2 [$ |* i& q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
! @1 f7 A- k: o: W$ m* y2 y8 F/ mUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ X3 a; o N0 _) M3 ~9 J! w1 j
forst plas./ a$ a" r* a. [2 l& `1 J
9 n% ]# X# m+ [ F6 |0 \2 ~If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. |
|