社会人类学家凯特•福克斯对英国王室用语习惯进行了研究。她发现,哪怕只是在措辞上,王室成员也有很多讲究之处,和普通人的习惯大不相同。
Specifically, there are certain words Kate, Will, the Queen, Prince Charles and co. NEVER use - and here they are.
具体来说,威廉、凯特、女王、查尔斯王储和其他王室成员是绝对不会使用某些单词的。以下就是这些单词:
1. Pardon:对不起
We'd always thought 'pardon' was more polite than the alternatives.
相比之下,我们一直认为“pardon(对不起)”是一种比较礼貌的说法。
Not being royal, however, we were wrong.
然而,我们错了。对于王室来说并非如此。
'Pardon' is forbidden to use.
“Pardon”是禁用词。
Instead, if you haven't heard what the Duke of Edinburgh has just said to you, you should say 'sorry?' or even 'sorry, what?'
如果你没听清爱丁堡公爵菲利普亲王对你说的话,你应该用“sorry”或“sorry, what”来代替“pardon”。
2. Toilet:厕所
The word 'toilet' may be a more palatable term than 'bog' or 'loo', but it's the latter which is used whenever a member of the House of Windsor needs to relieve themselves.
与“bog”、“loo”相比,“toilet”用来表示厕所或许是一种比较礼貌的说法。但温莎家族需要方便时使用的是“loo”这个单词。
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