 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
& J; `8 C$ O; w9 c+ o' bbe the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
( L: A# M1 n& K, @the other possibility.
8 Z1 s+ l9 I: g& @' C: b: B1 M" s* X+ y9 @9 s( H5 y% ~8 u7 [& g
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
; M2 Z7 C: a& p1 lspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 C i' R Y8 y7 E0 C& i% `plan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".6 u5 B; \) _* m6 I+ z* N- o
* n% x% r- @1 K! S9 m0 MIn the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make1 F3 T( T p- o- v' e C
the sivil servants jump with joy.
# s$ f" }, A3 _. X+ c$ t2 [! O9 H' G) G9 ]; e! Q
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; h, i; S9 m4 E5 d; r2 f' v# n! f- `
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
% H! w# K- n4 F" e5 k" _0 \6 v! n- V" D+ m( k+ N* m" u
' G& a- E1 z! I A+ b; `# r3 q) ~
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
1 X& |, u) \% wtroublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like; e4 M. V. c; h6 o, B! v4 n, ^# n
fotograf 20% shorter.
' o( }! ?! M) Z, b; @& X7 b% J% [/ z3 M. X
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to: R1 M; V& v4 B2 [2 K
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.( m: \# M$ X; ?% V* O
- H0 D3 B/ f! `
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always) Z' D) Z+ B- \$ \3 k4 ]& v. B
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
8 `% _* d$ z& \. c [* Z; n! ^0 E; ?/ i) I! K& w
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is( n) f- q: Z! |' h- s7 m9 ]
disgrasful and it should go away.
, K+ F/ b* I- j' p9 b
1 i D2 a& c4 n) _4 m: UBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
# m3 N& b V: r; a! j"z" and "w" with "v".6 n. e3 C4 ~1 e/ ^3 {
) u5 z( t; q8 U" M* R6 }During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
x& ^" R$ {; y/ B% ]after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
4 f# s. c: G3 e/ {8 k& r9 C* ^( o) W4 R. J& A% S2 Z3 s- T# Y* z a# F
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu* @/ U% I' N- p4 p
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.' p2 n2 t) o1 u
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
- z+ |$ M8 p) x) w6 Y# eforst plas.
' C6 e" t% R m3 N% ^; ~ L
4 N! I: B1 W" L. AIf 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
