 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
- W$ F6 b+ H$ R7 f: w3 g$ C& pbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& y% F( F* e+ V3 N; \the other possibility. F5 c) h' c8 Z2 {
9 D/ Y1 O* j( }$ [+ XAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English/ y0 d1 f& {' K" q! k9 A4 j1 _
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in" f$ W4 ^6 c1 _2 }6 |0 L
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- H1 J) }/ b# A
; q7 V/ I; g! k% |In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make3 ~2 I# i' [( k7 S% t, S6 H
the sivil servants jump with joy.
- ?' f0 W+ r" l* u: J. I# j. z* k: ~ j/ u5 G% A$ ?4 c7 B
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up8 H3 i" s' \9 D0 Y% V5 F
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
4 U' U: X# j8 u( ]" V9 |2 T# f+ l& ^4 b: U2 t
( @- L% t5 b( n& b. [: A
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the+ Z/ [2 V" C# c* x
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like7 [% g/ m" B, @
fotograf 20% shorter.
+ r j" L* F4 T6 ?% L! M
4 h! \8 Z. F' O# \, E1 `In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to5 e/ w. p: H; g8 n' e
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.2 x5 e, ^/ z8 {. x4 }" b N* e
* W8 e- D: ^' j7 r' Q6 h6 ?3 m: P
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
+ D" ]) k5 G% \2 K0 b4 n2 Qben a deterent to akurate speling.' s8 K1 [" ~7 H
8 X7 g$ d. X! JAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is' F9 H4 v/ [8 Q7 U
disgrasful and it should go away.# I1 K* v: F8 N% h
0 o: R0 X8 `; ?- d! EBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
# n0 Q1 q' c* F% M/ ]"z" and "w" with "v".' |: P) O5 X1 s1 w
' _5 b: a+ J' r7 s- g
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
+ y7 X `" U2 W% R3 `after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
3 \$ M$ g1 I# v8 Q- m+ b6 P" V
0 p: |1 ]! ^$ t7 V) _* f" OZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
: J6 p0 ]# z6 ?: Y4 z* E, M6 h7 hunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.9 i3 `+ Y& W/ [: n+ n
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze+ v$ p& |4 a+ r+ d% n
forst plas.
0 a1 B8 U p4 \9 l. T5 D% d, X/ {; i5 j5 j1 t/ a
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
