 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
+ ^+ n. s$ @* S( w5 ebe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was% l9 ~; _) j, A) H# ^) x9 k
the other possibility. a: F7 b) e% C4 Z; f% m+ {
: M, p. |# b! D3 o- F/ Y
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
' N |7 B" h3 O) z+ }5 X) cspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in) v) ^. S; g! P8 _3 _% {9 W
plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".3 c S: _( r. w# g3 m
+ S: I9 A. O7 T) U* n
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make4 f% [ R( Y, c9 L# F: V
the sivil servants jump with joy.2 ]5 r; o+ T1 ]3 ?" R2 N) I8 b
8 @5 k! i( R8 `' z$ Z2 S4 S2 ?
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up5 S5 t/ Z ~. h
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
5 ~( l3 L8 ^; I2 l
$ t5 r8 |/ G) n9 i% ~ c# W
- X- e* \# K4 a8 a3 R. h; V$ {0 oThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the" x. N1 f3 m+ V! e
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like `$ E9 \7 q% u% j7 A0 s
fotograf 20% shorter.
, T% ]' z7 r6 w# o7 K
6 n. Q7 t3 V' I* c$ KIn the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to+ ?$ s# {6 J! [0 c! j/ ~
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible./ \2 r5 {% K1 _: \# |2 w5 ]
% X4 W( K1 J+ y) D) x
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always& ?/ Q' S, z% \1 p4 f3 ^! N
ben a deterent to akurate speling.) u) g+ v8 Y1 E( L3 b: u
4 T6 f' E- a2 n/ M! k9 E7 k5 vAlso, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is4 I% n# `( |* R5 Y# {# H3 ^+ Z
disgrasful and it should go away.
/ J, F! o, V6 N) J& c6 o* W S! X1 D! a7 ^
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ S# F% p5 h" {0 g7 P"z" and "w" with "v".; ^0 t. s/ |1 o
& v2 |0 z* T6 p( R, B$ dDuring ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and* C- W1 @1 r$ E& G4 H* O6 s5 T
after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
6 P9 t X% ]+ L; M1 X% L; b2 p4 H( F
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
- O! O5 u/ |- ~: v: N0 J- Bunderstand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.( A9 g4 ?* a9 ?! t, k* [0 H& m! W
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
/ `) r! M) [$ lforst plas.
6 l/ }4 h% S: T0 I8 J( r. N$ [
6 o, x: J% u) ]: ~5 O" w9 ]/ MIf 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
