 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will* O/ T$ x8 O l# B. Y7 T
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was* D8 l- u% H4 R& F2 F( d; G. ~
the other possibility.: r0 `4 [2 t( D
7 @* Z! Q. E% v, }' T; O
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
8 r0 N1 |6 u! ?, @* I! fspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in8 E$ b- t/ U& ^+ ~
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish"./ B% B0 h# N$ a( ]. ~$ f
9 I6 o7 Y9 t+ A% T) n) f3 `& _In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 U# G: d! N; z/ n; O
the sivil servants jump with joy.
9 A! R, |* P) Q& H+ T! a9 h, H4 U7 [* v
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up# ?) b( t6 a/ H+ B9 h0 D
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter., \' B- e: ]! S1 P; P3 X1 I
& ^1 M4 t) B- N% b" O
9 M: H2 x9 @: u9 s! zThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
+ E1 q; [3 ]( Ctroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
0 z: L- e+ @, Pfotograf 20% shorter.5 S( H U Z" w+ ~7 K) \/ Q) u
1 S; e; Z% X5 ]3 \( o# L
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to7 [: r, }0 p) c P
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
- v0 h) E! w0 v& d- h) R- |
+ q& D+ [( z: e8 w0 W8 n% UGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always i+ X! S+ v/ Q$ L0 P
ben a deterent to akurate speling.- n& k. J9 Z$ P& q' X0 T
- }; h# V8 f3 A! B6 a6 [0 D
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
; o+ Y5 p% U. Y' H) \" E* ydisgrasful and it should go away.5 o: [ O, r0 }' [, X3 l( F8 V: j3 t
( d4 I5 d. }1 ^" W7 F; iBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with2 d! L0 o, m; i& @( J: i
"z" and "w" with "v". K" G8 k( v, _1 f0 p; N
/ |$ N# T# _1 J5 Q* h& { _/ u! ADuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' h V) s* p: E$ @" q! E+ X6 {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.$ @$ ^6 h8 o% }: J( z Q; B4 ?$ |; a
; m9 B1 `' a# R) @9 ~Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu' I0 v( X0 F3 o) Q
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., C. M5 S, P+ e; x6 K" H
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
, O3 U9 W5 A; E4 k4 z8 o, ^4 U8 `forst plas.# ~* V# L( |9 r; t9 \4 u" q
! k1 b, u! S* A. S- H9 C% U7 LIf 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
