 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will' k+ M- _5 r- \1 t# w- R- W
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was8 c- w7 K: o! d
the other possibility.
% }# D7 P O1 @1 G! v7 Y5 F9 ~ H; g* d2 |( S
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English
! X: z) S' n6 [2 R( L0 y, uspelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in
+ n6 @" Y7 R% pplan that would become known as "EuroEnglish".- k! D6 m* X( N5 L8 S' \# [' v- r* [
+ y$ s! i4 S7 b4 j* p
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make
" T$ R* w U; N4 p6 I* K6 F: ythe sivil servants jump with joy.- p$ T0 n* D$ a* X/ H) `% `
* j( ?" I4 A* I
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up; \, d2 P7 S Z$ N2 {* M
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
1 H; B& c: S+ a3 R" C( p
* O% D: t1 ?% K0 X$ E' Z
& [: h* L5 D1 Q3 iThere will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the( k- `% p) h. C u
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like3 B1 u( g( L1 K) l4 b. O1 E
fotograf 20% shorter.# r9 M; j" i4 W
3 m" p; I7 X$ P( l m7 g' _$ r" M& n
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to
# h% J2 U; a" m" h ?5 ?7 Qreach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
0 d! p9 V$ ~' q8 ]7 @3 M O2 Z k3 H8 b
' N7 U- T6 M" |6 j' mGovernments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always
8 _4 E8 { {# X7 qben a deterent to akurate speling.2 e5 R2 k! Q; p- `: D+ l! l9 n
' M" s6 }6 s9 [
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is# o5 ~4 J& ^* K4 @! e x& ^- m, M
disgrasful and it should go away.1 g1 c# V) H1 S1 l1 \2 P! F7 O% k
% f; a! O* o& k: oBy the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
( a0 i0 e* ]' p' p* t5 x"z" and "w" with "v".
) x# k" @" C* g6 P9 O( h# i: o4 m4 o6 X( ]5 c
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou"and
6 _1 c) D" {* ?9 G* C2 Iafter ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
/ R7 J' z! Q* q0 x. n# K1 ~5 T) k6 u# B3 \0 P; A# n5 b! R$ r
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu V/ Y8 H j1 S5 I+ O: l" C, G+ k
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
, c' {& H" G1 n5 `# h1 M2 W9 GUnd efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
$ X# f8 T) w0 L7 y* ~' Lforst plas.
* F1 c6 y! f+ S2 }
' i' r2 y$ ]5 b) _( vIf 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
