Whatever成美国人最反感口头禅_口语技巧

Whatever成美国人最反感口头禅

But the negative connotation might explain why "whatever" was judged more annoying than the ever-popular "you know," which was recently given a public workout by Caroline Kennedy during her flirtation with the New York U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. "You know," Adams notes, is a way for speakers to seek assent from others.

Pollsters at the Poughkeepsie, N.Y. college surveyed 938 US adults by telephone Aug. 3-Aug 6. The margin of erroris 3.2 percentage points. The five choices included were chosen by people at the poll discussing what popular words and phrases might be considered especially annoying, said spokeswoman Mary Azzoli.

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显示，47%的受访者认为这个带有漠不关心意味的流行词是“交谈中最令人讨厌的用语。

“Whatever轻松击败“you know（你知道）位居榜首，四分之一的受访者最讨厌后者。其它入选的最惹人厌的用语还包括“anyway（总之；反正）（7%）“，“it is what it is（这就是事实）（11%），以及“at the end of the day（到头来）（2%）。

“Whatever是一个带有忍耐意味的表达，在语气加重时，它常被说成“WHAT'-ehv-errr。涅磐乐队于1991年演唱的一首歌曲使whatever这个词被人们记住（其中出现歌词oh well, whatever, nevermind），而在同一年代的后期，影片《独领风骚》中的山谷女孩又使之广为流行。如今，这一词汇仍然很常用，在年轻人中尤为流行。