 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
: d+ D! ~& J/ a9 Wbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was4 T' Q8 X% K9 a9 {) _
the other possibility.
* y7 u3 m0 X2 P" O# i1 G: p
7 M l" Y) O: O$ o7 HAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English: U) J4 H y: J- m: K. h
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in! P/ F5 }; b3 E! Y7 ^- f/ w: m
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".1 Z8 V( g$ _8 _2 V! P0 [8 U* D' L
, N" N1 p" M* @6 m2 h& AIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
# \( ~ T2 Q8 Y) B" [% ithe sivil servants jump with joy.6 G. [9 s5 C& H) \& f k/ k
6 o2 D9 ^5 t: }" Z2 d
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up+ A9 d/ u4 ~$ V7 v9 n1 b1 h1 h/ N
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
& U# Y3 T6 D, M& U2 } z4 o+ v* t$ b/ _3 `
3 U. [( _2 d) g1 }+ t
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the' ]6 `) Z+ a3 l; ^+ X# g
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like" g2 Z$ ^' V) ]6 J# D- I
fotograf 20% shorter.( v7 O0 L* K q5 |3 \1 @
+ X1 B3 M( a) KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
0 Y" C) j# c% I) oreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( S% i3 Q. s7 t) b
% W* z) _( O* M$ o! D! q
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
; X/ ?" ?! [$ e" h3 M9 Q- Bben a deterent to akurate speling. Q5 H. }7 M: `: r0 [
5 l0 N8 a' i( ]Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is. k% Z( G k4 Z2 \: F7 Y# a
disgrasful and it should go away.
+ {( \- z1 W5 `. p! q3 Q y4 S+ C& i- I
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
* A8 L* ?6 J- }9 n+ T3 f4 A& j"z" and "w" with "v".$ r5 t- {$ @7 x6 a" b6 F, L. x
7 E' Z0 m( ~6 \
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* X* m `4 I. i/ O% z5 U: {
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
& u- `7 x" u2 }; q' t J, O* V3 ]$ r2 `( R, E$ N# a
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
$ s; X o% A( [3 [6 Z6 B. @understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.1 f* _+ j% I! x+ y. a
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze% c9 j9 T8 b6 _' o6 _
forst plas.
6 A: J3 ?8 |/ ]* P% H2 E8 |' R& e* |
3 C' b8 a# o( i6 J# s& J3 M7 I" XIf 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
