 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will& |% F i( W, O3 \$ o
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was' `. l8 h* s% ]1 A% F+ J4 J
the other possibility.
7 ~; t: H! I4 s+ T) w) G: U0 P; m
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
2 o% U% K! j% P- G9 Xspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
/ x$ ^+ B4 b6 U1 uplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
, M+ n( a7 N) J7 M* S
* C5 Z5 p0 h1 v( {3 ~In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
0 s+ Z" o6 { M* {0 l9 ^1 kthe sivil servants jump with joy.+ V1 W( r! l6 A o# n
# i! N7 E: I( d: M3 g3 X
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
3 t0 I0 n6 P& c8 f' C% j7 a; \6 H; ckonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.# M# _0 n3 ?! u2 p$ x
2 X. q% p) x6 y5 a% ^5 |# b+ q2 @9 N- r1 E# u; @, u& S1 x5 q
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
O$ D3 Q. `' @9 Atroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like, m+ T8 J+ i1 z* L
fotograf 20% shorter.5 E3 Y5 D0 p) A! T6 k
x# X: x6 n3 Z0 K0 g. M: G/ X% x1 cIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to. V. U# X* O: ?% C2 I# X0 ^
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
, Y) k4 d, A7 l9 q/ T( {5 O! n
8 h8 o. O9 y& z( c/ vGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& j0 H& ~0 Z/ h9 D$ o. I M
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
. n, x( K( D: A& t, i, `/ H& P% M( X) O( _% o+ }2 Z" u
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is
4 b* x% H: r1 O6 W7 r0 q$ @+ C- edisgrasful and it should go away.
( k: n# J& l# Z7 K$ A+ f7 H7 f5 ^& D6 V' d. s6 \ c/ e$ ]
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
% p. x. D% j1 i"z" and "w" with "v".
+ h4 z& r7 G8 D# x% u" o
% [$ Q2 o9 }7 d1 t! XDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and4 G9 H5 Q& [8 L" w8 D- S% z
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.. R+ \+ h8 { j% U0 j2 W
0 ]2 t- @, w9 i5 oZer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu8 |0 x9 v: @* w+ t3 A) |
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' o3 c+ G- t+ [1 M0 e+ S# C
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
3 z9 _( k3 f* y3 Gforst plas.1 w% V% J8 I( P/ V8 [
2 D o7 O- M3 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
