 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
9 H! A7 c/ P$ ?( Z, dbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was+ @: Y, p% f) x- I
the other possibility.0 O( s1 p: o+ u3 `5 [% t. Q
, ], L; \! J% H/ h: h9 m/ C
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
3 f- Y! z0 E5 l' uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
( L |1 A+ M/ `! L1 M- F) X! w$ xplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".8 s, ?% ^* a7 V0 q
* J$ W4 z' P3 _
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make0 `6 I" m& A& d( m9 t1 Y
the sivil servants jump with joy.
1 m, y# q$ o: ]% ?9 V9 A, [4 H$ O7 `# M
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
8 m1 f% \& r' Fkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.% g. ]% T" D1 ~
# b7 c; e' `8 Y8 X y! V0 [( I# G) E3 u3 A
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the& ~7 W0 z) U: _6 S% J' ?/ E
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like5 M9 ^5 h3 ]: c6 H9 d( _! E
fotograf 20% shorter.
& }! _. Y! A5 L4 [$ f9 p1 Y7 D8 R' |& a+ G! b. V7 [, `
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to; k7 w: D( P( J; `* e: W) w
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 t1 n2 @& y1 e3 l
) w! _# y5 G, k; B1 H( V, P
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 z/ I+ F: U0 Z
ben a deterent to akurate speling.4 U+ j, x; Z# a3 ~9 @ g4 _
' r9 D4 G( O E. `, jAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is1 i1 q, L ^/ o+ q& f4 I3 X
disgrasful and it should go away.! N) D1 h, D- c+ u
' r" q; C( u; d# L: o* h6 lBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
+ W# T2 @6 h2 a- L3 s"z" and "w" with "v".% z- F) o: c: L% A/ W$ u
6 v* C& L& c1 K8 s- J1 b( hDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and+ G+ J& h4 W- j" _
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.: A8 S6 {. U7 \) l
2 Z" E7 e6 x- G0 }. P
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu( _: j$ w( u* T3 D
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
2 J! ]9 c4 r5 D% ^+ f. TUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
0 L- Q. a4 m. \. ~* @forst plas.: k3 m# V* h* X$ s2 |: m1 Q
$ a* E7 d7 H; g a; l' J( CIf 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
