 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will) q! \+ g: I: q Q, M) D, B+ L- {
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was
& x1 u" w% O! @( t, d- S1 \the other possibility.
d7 S( P5 P9 y3 g0 Q9 S s
; Y. {: F1 u3 a2 p8 AAs part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English _; q" G$ X1 E) }, Q/ I& n
spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
4 v8 q/ v b7 i5 f/ c1 Nplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".
% M0 I/ J* ~% J1 o O* w' \7 T& ]& j( o# `+ Q/ g
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make! @6 N# }! M8 F* m; z
the sivil servants jump with joy.) K. N. a8 y' B4 \; M1 v! E% l, L
+ ~8 N$ a6 N% Q8 I E! ^
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
1 v; \* p- `. y- W5 okonfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.7 z4 f* H$ r) [* ]3 V
9 F8 `4 X9 N I3 [: p) S
, X @0 }8 D# Y2 ~& QThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
& k8 e1 `! O/ b. z; {% E' {troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like
2 K; q, B' i8 d6 `fotograf 20% shorter.
{6 |0 X7 s D( a( m: {3 t: j0 v6 ^: e3 y. l' t) M; ?+ ^
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to/ E9 ?$ B6 o: r! j: e; [3 z
reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.6 m8 A. V9 X. o, \7 b! W
0 a6 n+ i H9 C4 bGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always5 A' V4 J' Z0 x" e& e6 t
ben a deterent to akurate speling.
& C5 g( K! D- l w$ z7 i5 y. A ?2 \" e- W, j
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is7 m) o3 w# S6 R& }' ?4 h
disgrasful and it should go away.
3 [3 Y0 o/ J- a0 Y4 b: t! X! u6 z
* }& Y. Y' f$ m LBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
/ b @2 X: b' J"z" and "w" with "v".& n; x1 S" H1 N/ ]2 G* |! V7 E) I
4 i7 F. H9 X" F1 N3 L
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
* z: B+ u8 j/ G5 K5 m3 Kafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
) U; A9 C8 S( s' v& } a9 b, V7 [3 q' O. C2 s
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu- f! p& z3 o7 |: s% x. P
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru., l6 b$ u7 o2 N. H) N
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
0 |1 t) J& l- G6 \# p; [/ Bforst plas.
* Y6 o) M" }! a1 {
8 P1 H% H: {$ r* T+ @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
