 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
, `) X2 J! T8 s/ o5 {6 ?be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was( y' x8 U& C! r& Q4 ?
the other possibility.' o1 f; v4 v$ n. y
- Z) ?3 U! H' \1 w5 i8 {9 @$ H
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
, g; N- }: @' p6 mspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
% {1 Y( q& F. ~' K/ w0 {plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".9 r( r& B; U9 C$ ?9 ~5 w! v
2 n9 D& A$ t: c- e" r' O6 ]8 w! pIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make& {0 w# b5 ~# h" Z- s
the sivil servants jump with joy.
2 I$ n" C; V4 l) v, a. W
6 c- `3 y/ b+ @7 C) `( zThe hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up/ l$ j3 W7 Z0 A% B
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.. ^; V3 H7 O1 p; |
/ u9 Q( D7 m5 y* ^0 h1 G7 v
) \9 s% a1 P6 i) c/ u# `There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
! Y7 S$ b6 U2 s ^& N& b4 ^+ vtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like% ~3 S3 h' z, C) ]2 z$ v' p! C
fotograf 20% shorter.7 K5 x# M+ J4 P- a+ _1 L9 o
+ h( H! [# R3 pIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
k2 U% C9 L# N- K3 P Preach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
( K" T; S, j, l/ E7 D1 D) H6 f6 ~" C, A/ g( w- ~
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always* E w$ k/ M' c' D) I6 Y" t0 Z: R
ben a deterent to akurate speling.% }2 j) d" P2 w, ^2 R! _9 t! t
% k/ c- o1 V/ G0 e& h% ^Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is) f" q) W5 J# j0 |1 g
disgrasful and it should go away.
. P: K) F1 |; Q5 }( r- r+ p$ X9 n i3 } \2 I/ X$ ^" K
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
: R$ }" ?4 F/ H! _1 F5 l3 c"z" and "w" with "v".
& J9 x. G$ V- X6 O( Z/ |; c' u2 d. R% z
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and' X u) @2 N7 d, m
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
* v* U |3 x- n: D! ~; C4 n3 Y5 D5 y
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
7 W# x" S. I$ s" a' y8 I* Punderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
( F( {* l% c! N+ y7 A) [Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze$ b, U- n0 r+ D
forst plas.
6 a+ I9 Z( ] G! ]) h, s( |5 ?7 [
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
