According to the Upi.com on December 16, for the second year in a row, "whatever" was voted
by Americans as the most annoying word or phrase in conversation, suggests a US-based poll。
39 percent of the 1020 American adults polled said they found the word most irritating,
followed by "like" (28 percent) and "you know what I mean" (15 percent)。
"Perhaps these words are introduced through popular culture, for example movies ... so
they catch on," said Mary Azzoli, organizer of the survey, "It has a lot to do with how
accepted and how popular they become in every day speech."
Azzoli also said words like "whatever" can be quite dismissive depending on how they are
used。
"To tell you the truth" was also found by 10 percent to be the most grating phrase in
conversation while "actually" was found by five percent of those polled to be most
irritating。
據國外網站"the Upi.com"12月16日報道，美國的一項民調顯示，在英語對話中，“無所謂”連續兩
年當選最讓美國人討厭的詞或短語的冠軍。
在調查的1020名美國成人中，39%的人“無所謂”最令人討厭，28%的人“喜歡”讓人討厭，15%的人
則不喜歡短語“你知道我是意思”。
據組織調查的瑪麗?阿瑞麗稱：“詞流行文化，比如電影，引入生活的，變得流行。調查結果跟詞在
日常對話中是怎樣被人、如何變得流行有關系?！?/FONT>
她還介紹說，在特定情景下，“無所謂”等詞語帶有鄙視和輕蔑的意味。
10%的受訪者對話中“跟你說實話”是最令人討厭的，還有5%的受訪者“事實上”是最討厭的詞語。
