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(guó)外網(wǎng)站"the Upi.com"12月16日?qǐng)?bào)道，美國(guó)的一項(xiàng)民調(diào)顯示，在英語(yǔ)對(duì)話中，“無(wú)所謂”連續(xù)兩

年當(dāng)選最讓美國(guó)人討厭的詞或短語(yǔ)的冠軍。

　　在調(diào)查的1020名美國(guó)成人中，39%的人“無(wú)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(yǔ)“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?！?/FONT>