 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
3 ~" p* i; J* g" [! q1 o1 Bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was b1 n( w# j# V# h' _
the other possibility.+ `1 ^: f# C. ]/ X- q$ z( I$ J$ s
) {& O% E' y r2 Q5 O# i! L5 z! j8 U9 f
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English0 Q3 z- a8 v {: j8 r
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in+ N( k+ n' [6 S
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 J8 y! l1 T1 Y* ^" p8 L. f5 j
- f- a& A# }0 U, T" H
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
; g5 f- m' j0 ithe sivil servants jump with joy.
( ^+ w6 h9 W3 W2 k' t7 ?7 V5 d- d: L- R9 m: L
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
0 \( E2 G( `- h0 s/ h3 J& Ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
+ u; _/ E: p2 E) B9 H0 `. Z
6 _1 {5 b$ k$ K" b3 S8 w- @& c7 v, I/ r0 M( |3 B
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the6 ~: y! `0 p$ c- H
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like- W/ b7 I% I: j! V" _' `, M9 L( U
fotograf 20% shorter.
( f4 I3 J9 c8 |) Z- G; z
: e4 { ]- T+ V: b3 r% B- D1 [In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
) a' F# U' r- ]9 H/ @8 [* yreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.* ~ x! N$ E$ f5 Q* B4 g5 g
6 O0 @0 E# p- N( W$ Y: T
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always1 o1 x7 Q5 y" h8 p
ben a deterent to akurate speling.4 H6 ]6 k! v* x+ a5 @# c. v
' _* v% p- b+ n9 y* Y- r* K. S
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is8 Q+ @1 p, A1 _. T
disgrasful and it should go away. D. x: Y! t' H1 ]5 V
' m. S: ?. r( XBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
- u0 K; R9 _! s- [# [1 I"z" and "w" with "v"., j! u, _% R4 P1 u7 @- `, h! n
, S& c* ?1 z7 u9 y6 n$ u
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and8 g, X6 b( ^( v$ L) Z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. T0 b+ P" w; d6 f( L
+ @+ w: d, A9 p; a2 X
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu; I& ]9 E- Q: z5 Y R
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
4 d( G. X" k) Z; [ @# FUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ u2 z* v$ x; c2 E- S( N
forst plas.
* g& W/ _4 v2 ?7 q& {
4 ]; W# \/ k# Z: yIf 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
