 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will7 q+ P+ g4 Z) ^7 N! m
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
: P9 D1 N. [3 mthe other possibility.
4 N& W; C4 u9 V$ ~, s, U" f3 ^$ n# T* r, Q6 L. y7 h/ }
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English; R+ R- f- u0 Q/ a) `! r
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in% e% s- q* d9 N5 c2 a
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
. C6 a- {0 ~6 f6 L' Z n+ u9 a; A+ ]
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
3 Q/ A7 Z+ e! e+ C. [ N. A* vthe sivil servants jump with joy., d5 ]; K) V& N1 p% b I6 {% ]1 v/ r
8 z7 j" \& c" B! c7 s
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
* F2 w/ ^" R: y, ?9 j1 \konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.' S, W6 b H2 B- q9 W+ f
' [8 q8 n) L; s, J0 y
0 e) u- \; T- b- lThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
( c( t5 a8 ~9 T, @7 jtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- t9 b5 G* ]/ j+ ^) Y5 z+ N
fotograf 20% shorter.
5 d# N1 j) \6 i- A0 y0 _" j3 k `) ?+ T) `% r5 V
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
, y1 w0 q [8 A( p- areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
) l& F: u" Q- F- a- j& q& i3 H8 {0 b
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
3 `: B6 H4 Z9 `* R7 Cben a deterent to akurate speling.; F6 h( s! W" s& M% C
. E$ Z5 d8 ~) ~9 Q" I" U7 r. m4 yAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
3 s# P7 s0 z9 ]* s" mdisgrasful and it should go away.
) Z; Q) r& n( ]" A$ A0 a3 `" }9 i0 ^; C S/ ?3 a" Q3 B
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
% M, V$ t1 R0 x F x. h7 M# a"z" and "w" with "v".- F: q9 U6 k; ]0 x; P
8 Z/ E7 ^, F) b! j9 T5 e' k* JDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
% s5 m, `' F, W! f j: }6 Yafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.( N4 ^. F% d+ d/ {
, x% @, a( O: u( Y/ z4 v. d
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 f4 Y6 d# _) b; Z8 uunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.* [+ _, p/ K6 F
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
) R' Z% @/ v% { H# Cforst plas.1 z9 e8 C+ ^2 V+ o9 x4 T0 M7 F
5 E& }! @. ^9 H4 ^3 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
