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1、英国人也嫌拗口10个单词Manyhavesaidthatsorryisthehardestwordbutthey"dbewrong,linguisticallyspeakingatleast・Apollfound10wordsthatBritonsconsistentlyfindthemostchallengingtopronounce・Thewordtheyfindhardesttopronounceis"phenomenon".Nextinthetop10oftongue-twistersare^remuneration”,and“statis
2、tics"・Speakersalsohaveaproblemgettingtheirtonguearound"ethnicity”,“hereditaryvand"particularlyn,accordingtothebodychargedwithrecordingpublicutterances・Completingthelistare“conjugal”,“specific",“processes”andudevelopment”・LeahWillersdorf,oftheBIVR,said,“Weworkwithmanydifferentt
3、ypesofprofessionalsandhearallkindsofvoicesduringourwork・However,whenitcomestotheEnglishlanguageitalwaysseemstobethesamefewwordsthatverballytrippeopleup,withthespeakerhavingtorepeatthewordinordertogetitright,orjustabandoningtheirattemptsandmovingon.BIVRmemberswerequizzedbythete
4、ambehindthepopularwordgameScrabble・Accordingtothewordsbuffs,onein10playersadmitstobeingreluctanttoproducingwordsthattheycannotpronounce.UniversityofYorksociolinguisticsexpertProfessorPaulKerswillsaidtheEnglishlanguagehasevolvedtocompensatefortrickypronunciationsbutsomewordsrem
5、ainachallenge・Hesaid,“Peoplealwaysfindawayofsimplifyingwordsthattheyfinddifficulttogettheirtonguesround,sothataneverydaywordlikehandbag"soundslikehambag.Ourforebearssimplified"waistcoat'to'weskit,一butwe"veturnedourbacksonthat.Andmostpeopletalkabout'Febry,andWensday!”很多人认为'‘对不起
6、”是最难说出口的词,不过这样的说法不正确一一至少从语言学的角度上说。一项投票使英国人觉得最难发音的10个单词浮出水面。最难发音的单词是"phenomenon(现象)”。在十大最拗口的单词中紧随其后的是“remuneration(报酬)”和“statistics(统计数字)”。根据人们在公共场合的发音记录,会使说话者发音困难,舌头打结的单词有:"ethnicity(民族)""hereditary(遗传性)"“particularly(特别地)"。列表余下的单词还有"conjugal(婚姻的)”"specific(特殊的)"“process(过程)"和
7、“development(发展)”。英国速记人员协会成员莉亚•温勒斯多表示:“我们和许多不同类型的专业人士合作,在工作中听过各种发音。然而,在英语口语中,人们总是在某几个特定单词后犯错。说话者要重复该单词以纠正发音,又或者索性跳过这个单词,继续下面的话。”英国速记人员协会的成员们通过拼字游戏完成了这个小测试。根据拼字游戏的结果,有十分之一的玩家承认,要拼出他们不会发音的单词有些困难。约克大学社会语言学专家保罗・凯斯维尔表示,随着英语的演化,一些拗口的单词已经逐渐进化发展,但是一些很难发音的单词依然存在。他说:“人们总是能够找到方法简化那些难以顺利发
8、音的单词,这样,'handbag(手袋)'这种日常单词会听起来像'hambag'。我们的祖先把单词'waistcoat(背
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