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(jù)國外網(wǎng)站"the Upi.com"12月16日?qǐng)?bào)道，美國的一項(xiàng)民調(diào)顯示，在英語對(duì)話中，“無所謂”連續(xù)兩

年當(dāng)選最讓美國人討厭的詞或短語的冠軍。

　　在調(diào)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(jù)組織調(diào)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(diào)查結(jié)果跟詞在

日常對(duì)話中是怎樣被人、如何變得流行有關(guān)系。”

　　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(duì)話中“跟你說實(shí)話”是最令人討厭的，還有5%的受訪者“事實(shí)上”是最討厭的詞語。