 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will! d- T9 _- ~" A3 m( ?8 F
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was7 Z; O8 B7 C; T4 S
the other possibility.
4 @; b: _1 @& _3 X2 h! P7 q4 B- I( a* P: _8 [% o
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! W0 r2 U- k/ p) I' K; [, [spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ W) a$ h# s# y/ T/ s$ C8 Zplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
, C: N9 G% M& @0 s9 I
7 G3 ` d9 s6 ^In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
2 E- F( i; F! f# o: j7 j5 sthe sivil servants jump with joy.
) N' L6 c5 F5 s. ~! U' O" E( q/ Z+ K5 z( B4 x
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
, R; |4 r; H1 ^" _ [konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.: k7 W8 G5 O& G: B6 z
: ~! v: o0 ~: Y5 R; i% R) Q: l. k
+ C5 d. E6 e7 E8 {$ T/ @' ?
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the l: T" r8 f7 y' @" Q( l3 n
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like6 H, f5 w- E: [; Z, h
fotograf 20% shorter.
+ ?2 L8 W7 ~ f$ P" D6 l$ j, n$ m) ?4 y
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to( W. `5 o- M4 t+ `. ?: h7 A$ u1 _$ f# K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ S; C+ M' h" F8 M$ W( G0 F$ M/ v
+ c/ y- \7 G' t. }+ \+ `# IGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
# e% V0 a. Q2 C- }; ]. x) q; _ben a deterent to akurate speling.% j- i' \( n5 e+ `
) {+ ~& N4 I2 Q3 K
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 r" J j# ^& o! G8 k$ b. i6 D
disgrasful and it should go away." e( ?3 ?( x- J; C% F! u
6 p7 i5 n& n0 Z" y" w7 gBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with" s& m+ n( V: J+ v. T. o8 E
"z" and "w" with "v".
. K( e1 q8 @2 n7 R; A& b( P+ U& D3 C/ g; J- F4 C, n; ~6 P1 ]7 W
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
- s3 I8 V# ~1 B( h# i9 Qafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
' N6 f" }$ f+ Y0 @, K& M' M: P, f/ c! c/ T5 g
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
3 N; Q$ I3 s+ N" e3 Qunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
6 {# ]' j G/ ` |: r) jUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze' f: O) j) Q9 k/ \4 }) j: Y7 F
forst plas.1 m( w( F; Q7 P2 Y
2 R5 b( J1 k' U7 G" _8 \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
