The words spoken by women were harder to guess because they used language more carefully, said the professor.
For example, when paying compliments, the men tended to rely on bland and therefore more predictable words, such as nice and good.
A typical male compliment might be: You look really nice today. A woman, however, would be more likely to say: I really love your jacket. Where did you buy it?
Overall, the mens words could be guessed 81 per cent of the time, compared with 71 per cent for the women.
The only time the sexes were verbal equals was when talking about current affairs, the research for insurance company Sheilas Wheels found.
Professor Beattie said: It is men who are more likely to talk for the sake of talking when engaged in social chitchat by recycling their words with ritualistic and redundant language that doesnt contain new information.
Female nattering is little more than a cultural myth.
【内容简介】
本文开篇提出了一个跟大家普遍看法不一的研究结果男人比女人话多。
接着,文章介绍了这项研究的主持者及其具体过程,并得出女性用词更严谨的结论。
文中介绍女性谈话更具有文化信息,她们的用词更难猜测。
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