 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will, A# T+ a1 J5 F9 _( f% L. F5 ]
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
- J& X) @. N* f# ?* n! Ithe other possibility.% J7 O9 k2 j9 P. Z$ C# Z
+ D: T* Y! Y* _) a' F5 S
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English3 S% r3 K# X% V m* M
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in6 ^" [7 m9 O6 J' ~8 n& }: A' G
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
/ O$ O, o. N4 a; g, m4 g/ g" C9 l& l, O; u" A
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make5 G' v; p$ y# M4 I, b
the sivil servants jump with joy.# t: b+ f, z9 W: r; i
( x4 E2 t! U4 nThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
7 n4 Z* j/ X) p$ W. ` J5 _$ ]0 hkonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
9 J/ B" a6 M" l) S- S, E6 w+ c3 y. y3 M
$ h- J- F& D+ l3 H! QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the. u+ d0 X: D4 @ ~* b# |
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
# @- }* m2 N1 \: ufotograf 20% shorter.
2 c9 u: l: ]9 S3 t5 Y& h( h5 F, j; e j, Q' t
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
! i' `# ~3 A+ areach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
6 |" K$ ~" Y* s% d
k6 m5 C- J6 g G# T' k! vGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ i* U3 p' H8 Fben a deterent to akurate speling.
8 M& d( L: ?5 U2 ?
% \2 _5 I* g6 _) ]; NAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
% u& H( L: U2 |5 g$ T2 Ldisgrasful and it should go away.% N: e5 c; X) d6 A; K
8 X) ^, _8 v7 r" F0 E) \By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with# i# [7 k% Z. a0 U- ]
"z" and "w" with "v".
9 C6 _5 o, Q) e6 | \' N! x
! r3 d" B+ H2 j2 ZDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
# `" p/ S9 c, ?# |: E0 Vafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.1 O G& j9 U2 U& p$ J/ {
- J& ? H+ ?+ m: c0 L/ `8 B# F- \
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu j4 T/ t+ c ?( B7 F6 g) G9 V
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
1 Y- T/ C% K8 i1 cUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
" S$ n/ p, w: b# J) C9 e: @9 t0 U& }forst plas.
0 ^, P: O! D9 d8 {2 w: A1 C6 w8 j
. d9 r2 o) u4 v8 Y% `3 QIf 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
