“Whatever”获评美国人最反感口头禅

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1、“Whatever”获评美国人最反感口头禅“Whatever”获评美国人最反感口头禅'Whatever'sototallytopsmostannoyingwordpollSo,youknow,itiswhatitis,butAmericansaretotallyannoyedbytheuseof"whatever"inconversations.Thepopularslackertermofindifferencewasfound"mostannoyinginconversation"by47percentofAmericanssurv

2、eyedinaMaristCollegepollreleasedWednesday."Whatever"easilybeatout"youknow,"whichespeciallygratedaquarterofrespondents.Theotherannoyingcontenderswere"anyway"(at7percent),"itiswhatitis"(11percent)and"attheendoftheday"(2percent)."Whatever"—pronounced"WHAT'-ehv-errr"whenexas

3、perated—isanexpressionwithstayingpower.ImmortalizedinsongbyNirvana("ohwell,whatever,nevermind")in1991,popularizedbytheValleygirlsin"Clueless"laterthatdecade,itisstillcommonlyused,oftenbyyoungerpeople.Itcanbeanall-purposeargument-enderorasignalofapathy.Anditcanreallybeann

4、oying.Thepollfound"whatever"tobeconsistentlydislikedbyAmericansregardlessoftheirrace,gender,age,incomeorwheretheylive."Itdoesn'tsurprisemebecause'whatever'isinaspecialclass,probably,"saidMichaelAdams,authorof"Slang:ThePeople'sPoetry"andanassociateprofessorofEnglishatIndi

5、anaUniversity."It'sawordthat—anditdependshowaspeakerusesit—cansuggestdismissiveness."Adams,whowasnotinvolvedinthepollandisnotannoyedby"whatever,"pointsoutthatitsuseisnotalwaysnegative.Italsocanbeusedinplaceofother,neutralphrasesthathavefallenoutoffavor,like"sixofone,half

6、dozenoftheother,"hesaid.Butthenegativeconnotationmightexplainwhy"whatever"wasjudgedmoreannoyingthantheever-popular"youknow,"whichwasrecentlygivenapublicworkoutbyCarolineKennedyduringherflirtationwiththeNewYorkU.S.SenateseatvacatedbyHillaryRodhamClinton."Youknow,"Adamsnot

7、es,isawayforspeakerstoseekassentfromothers.PollstersatthePoughkeepsie,N.Y.collegesurveyed938USadultsbytelephoneAug.3-Aug6.Themarginoferroris3.2percentagepoints.Thefivechoicesincludedwerechosenbypeopleatthepolldiscussingwhatpopularwordsandphrasesmightbeconsideredespeciall

8、yannoying,saidspokeswomanMaryAzzoli.也许你知道，这就是事实，但美国人对日常交谈中“无所谓（Whatever）”这句口头禅最为反感。本周三公布的一项由美国圣母学院开展的民调