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BBC，英国人吐槽美式英语

BBC杂志发表了一篇关于美式英语入侵英国的文章，引起了很多英国人的共鸣。读者纷纷发来电子邮件，说出最困扰自己、最让自己恼火的美式英语表达。​

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1. When people ask for something, I often hear: "Can I get a..." It infuriates me. It's not New York. It's not the 90s. You're not in Central Perk with the rest of the Friends. Really."​​

当某些人想要什么东西时，我经常听到他们说：“Can I get a...（我能要一个……）”这让我大为恼火。这里又不是纽约，又不是90年代，你以为你是在Central Perk里演《老友记》啊，真是的！​​

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2. The next time someone tells you something is the "least worst option", tell them that their most best option is learning grammar.​​

下次要是有人跟你讲XXX是the “least worst option”（最好选择），你就告诉他们对于他们来说最最最好的选择是滚回去学语法。​​

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3. The phrase I've watched seep into the language (especially with broadcasters) is "two-time" and "three-time". Have the words double, triple etc, been totally lost? Grammatically it makes no sense, and is even worse when spoken. My pulse rises every time I hear or see it. Which is not healthy as it's almost every day now. Argh!​​

我经历过的渐渐渗入到英语里的短语（特别是播音员使用的）是“two-time（两次）”和“three -time（三次）"。难道double啊triple啊什么的都彻底消失了么？从语法上来说，这根本构不成短语，而且用在口语中更糟糕。每次听到或者看到它我就心跳加速。这对我的健康造成了威胁，因为基本每天都要经历这些。我去！​​

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4. Using 24/7 rather than "24 hours, 7 days a week" or even just plain "all day, every day".​​

使用24/7来表达“全天候”，而不是“24 hours, 7 days a week”，或者就朴实地说“all day, every day”。​​

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5. The one I can't stand is "deplane", meaning to disembark an aircraft, used in the phrase "you will be able to deplane momentarily".​​

我不能忍受的就是“deplane”这个词，意思就是下飞机，用法是这样的：“You will be able to deplane momentarily（您很快就能下飞机了）”。​​

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6. To "wait on" instead of "wait for" when you're not a waiter - once read a friend's comment about being in a station waiting on a train. For him, the train had yet to arrive - I would have thought rather that it had got stuck at the station with the friend on board.​​

用“wait on”而不是“wait for”，而且你还不是服务员。有次我读了一段朋友就在车站等车（waiting on a train）发表的评论。他所表达的意思是，火车一直没到站。而我却以为朋友在车上，但是车却困在了车站里。​​

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7. "It is what it is". Pity us.​​

这就是事实。同情同情我们吧！It is what it is.（该是什么就是什么。）美剧中经常出现，那么它的英式表达呢？There is no British way of saying this… it means nothing! 好吧，英国人觉得这个说法毫无意义！​​

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8. Dare I even mention the fanny pack?​​

敢不敢提fanny pack（腰包）啊？​​

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9. "Touch base" - it makes me cringe no end.​​

“Touch base（联系）”——这让我不停地哆嗦。​​

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10. Is "physicality" a real word?​​

“Physicality（物质性）”真的是一个词吗？​​

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11. Transportation. What's wrong with transport?​​

Transportation（交通工具）。就不能用transport吗？​​

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12. The word I hate to hear is "leverage". Pronounced lev-er-ig rather than lee-ver-ig. It seems to pop up in all aspects of work. And its meaning seems to have changed to "value added".​​

我讨厌听到的词是“leverage”。把它读成lev-er-ig（美），而不是lee-ver-ig（英）。好像各行各业突然都这么读了，意思貌似也变成“附加值”了。（leverage在美式英语中有“举债经营”的意思，英式英语用gearing表达此意）​​

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13. Does nobody celebrate a birthday anymore, must we all "turn" 12 or 21 or 40? Even the Duke of Edinburgh was universally described as "turning" 90 last month. When did this begin? I quite like the phrase in itself, but it seems to have obliterated all other ways of speaking about birthdays.​​

难道没人庆祝生日（celebrate a birthday）了吗？我们一定都要“turn”12岁或者21岁或者40岁吗？连爱丁堡公爵过生日也统统说成上个月他“turning”90岁。这是什么时候开始的？我喜欢这个表达本身，但它似乎取代掉其他所有谈论生日的说法了。​​

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14. I caught myself saying "shopping cart" instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I've never lived nor been to the US either.​​

我发现现在自己会说："shopping cart（购物手推车）”而不是shopping trolley ，我非常讨厌这一点。我从没去过美国，也没在美国生活过。​​

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15. What kind of word is "gotten"? It makes me shudder.​​

"Gotten（get的过去分词，美式用法）"到底是个什么词？它总是让我不寒而栗。​​

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16. "I'm good" for "I'm well". That'll do for a start.​​

用“I'm good（我很好）”替代“I'm well”。刚开始感觉都可以。​​

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17. "Bangs" for a fringe of the hair.​​

用"bangs"表示刘海。​​

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18. Take-out rather than takeaway!​​

说take-out（外卖）而不是takeaway!​​

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19. I enjoy Americanisms. I suspect even some Americans use them in a tongue-in-cheek manner? "That statement was the height of ridiculosity".​​

我喜欢美式英语。不过我怀疑甚至一些美国人也是虚情假意地在用它们。“这份声明简直是荒谬（ridiculosity）。”​​

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20. "A half hour" instead of "half an hour".​​

说“a half hour（半小时）”而不是“half an hour”。​​

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21. A "heads up". For example, as in a business meeting. Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. I have never been sure of the meaning.​​

A “heads up（提醒）”。比如，在商业会议上说，Lets do a "heads up" on this issue. 我至今还不知道是什么意思。​​

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22. Train station. My teeth are on edge every time I hear it. Who started it? Have they been punished?​​

Train station（火车站）。每次听到它，我就很恼火。谁开始用这个词的？他们没有被罚吗？​​

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23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to "alphabetize it" - horrid!​​

把一张表按照字母顺序排列就是去“alphabetize it”——非常不爽！​​

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24. People that say "my bad" after a mistake. I don't know how anything could be as annoying or lazy as that.​​

那些在犯错后说“my bad（我的错）”的人，我真不知道事情怎么可以变得如此让人恼火、将惰性体现得淋漓尽致的。​​

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25. "Normalcy" instead of "normality" really irritates me.​​

用“normalcy（正常状态）”而不是“normality”真的会激怒我。​​

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26. As an expat living in New Orleans, it is a very long list but "burglarize"is currently the word that I most dislike.​​

作为一名生活在新奥尔良的侨民，我有很长一串清单，但是“burglarize（破门盗窃）”是我目前最不喜欢的词。（英国用burgle）​​

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27. "Oftentimes"just makes me shiverwith annoyance. Fortunately I've not noticed it over here yet.​​

“Oftentimes（经常）”会让我恼怒得直哆嗦。幸运地是，我在这里还没看到过。​​

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28. Eaterie. To use a prevalentphrase, oh my gaad!​​

Eaterie（餐馆）。经常听到，天呐！！​​

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29. I'm a Brit living in New York. The one that always gets me is the American need to use the word bi-weeklywhen fortnightlywould sufficejust fine.​​

我是住在纽约的英国人，让我难受的一点是美国人需要用bi-weekly（每两周一次），fortnightly明明足够好用了。​​

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30. I hate "alternate"for "alternative". I don't like this as they are two distinct words, both have distinct meanings and it's useful to have both. Using alternate for alternative deprives us of a word.​​

我讨厌用“alternate”替代“alternative”。我不喜欢这个因为它们是不同的两个词，它们分别有不同的意思，两者都很有用。用alternate替代alternative会让我们失去一个词。​​

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31. "Hike"a price. Does that mean people who do that are hikers? No, hikers are ramblers!​​

“Hike（提升）”价格。那是不是意味着“提升价格的人”可以用hikers表示？不，hikers（旅行者）是“漫游者”的意思好不好！​​

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32. Going forward? If I do I shall collide with my keyboard.​​

.Going forward（前进）？如果我要打这个词，我势必要和我的键盘搏斗一番。​​

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33. I hate the word "deliverable". Used by management consultants for something that they will "deliver" instead of a report.​​

我讨厌“deliverable（交付物）”这个词。管理顾问常用这个词来表达他们要“deliver（交付）”的某个替代report的东西。​​

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34. The most annoying Americanism is "a million and a half"when it is clearly one and a half million! A million and a half is 1,000,000.5 where one and a half million is 1,500,000.34.​​

最让人恼火的美式英语是“a million and a half”，正确的明明应该是one and a half million. A million and a half 是1000000.5，one and a half million是1500000。​​

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35. "Reach out to"when the correct word is "ask". For example: "I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient". Reach out? Is Kevin stuck in quicksand? Is he teeteringon the edge of a cliff? Can't we just ask him?​​

用“reach out to”而不是正确的“ask”。比如，“I will reach out to Kevin and let you know if that timing is convenient.（我会问一下凯文，看看时间是否方便。）”难道凯文在流沙区吗？或者他在悬崖边摇摇欲坠？难道我们就不能“问”一下他？​​

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36. Surely the most irritating is: "You do the Math."Math? It's MATHS.​​

最激怒人的当然就是：You do the Math.（你自己来算一下。）”Math？应该是MATHS！​​

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37. I hate the fact I now have to order a "regularAmericano". What ever happened to a medium sized coffee?​​

我讨厌我现在必须点“regularAmericano（常规美式咖啡）。”为什么就不能说a medium sized coffee呢？​​

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38. My worst horror is expiration, as in "expiration date". Whatever happened to expiry?​​

我最讨厌的词是expiration（截止），比如“expiration date（截止日期）”。为什么不用expiry？​​

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39. My favourite one was where Americans claimed their family were "Scotch-Irish". This of course is totally inaccurate, as even if it were possible, it would be "Scots" not "Scotch".​​

我最喜欢的一个就是美国人宣称他们的家庭是“Scotch-Irish（苏格兰-爱尔兰血统的）”。这当然是完全错误的，即使这是一种可能的表达，那么也应该是“Scot”而不是“Scotch”。​​

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40. I am increasingly hearing the phrase "that'll learn you"- when the English (and more correct) version was always "that'll teach you". What a ridiculous phrase!​​

我听到越来越多人说“that'll learn you（这是给你的教训。）”——明明英语（更加正确的）的版本应该是“that'll teach you.” 多么荒谬的表达！​​

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41. I really hate the phrase: "Where's it at?"This is not more efficient or informative than "where is it?" It just sounds grotesqueand is immenselyirritating.​​

我真的很讨厌这个表达：“Where's it at?（在哪儿？）”这并没有比“where is it?”更有效率或蕴含更多信息。它听起来很荒唐，而且非常惹人厌。​​

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42. Period instead of full stop.​​

用“period（句号）”代替full stop。​​

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43. My pet hate is "winningest", used in the context "Michael Schumacher is the winningest driver of all time". I can feel the ragerising even using it here.​​

我最讨厌文本中出现“winningest（常胜的）”，比如“迈克尔·舒马赫是有史以来的最常胜（winningest）赛车手”。即使这样用，我也觉得很愤怒。​​

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44. My brother now uses the term "season"for a TV series.​​

我的弟弟现在用“season（季）”来谈论电视剧了。​​

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45. Having an "issue"instead of a "problem".​​

Having an "issue（问题）"而不是"problem"。​​

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46. I hear more and more people pronouncing the letter Z as "zee". Not happy about it!​​

我听到越来越多人把字母Z发成zee的音。不开心！​​

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47. To "medal"instead of to win a medal. Sets my teeth on edge with a vengeance.​​

“medal（赢得奖牌）”而不是win a medal。我差点要破口大骂了。​​

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48. "I got it for free"is a pet hate. You got it "free" not "for free". You don't get something cheap and say you got it "for cheap" do you?​​

“I got it for free（我免费得到它）”是我最讨厌的表达。你是“免费（free）”得到它，而不是“为了免费（for free）”。你不会买到一个便宜的东西，然后说你买到它“为了便宜”，对吧？​​

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49. "Turn that off already". Oh dear.​​

Turn that off already.（把那个关掉）。天呐！​​

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50. "I could care less"instead of "I couldn't care less" has to be the worst. Opposite meaning of what they're trying to say.​​

用“I could care less（我一点也不在乎）”，而不是“I couldn't care less”，是我见过最糟糕的表达。与他们想要说的意思完全相反。​.

:lol

Hey Dude!
It's not your bad, it is what it is!  lol.

[em08].

确实
当时移民美洲的人基本都是破落贵族和农民
不怎么注意语法
当代美式英语影响更大
“让别人听得懂”即可这个准则的美式英语更容易让人接受
让我惊讶的是爱尔兰人说英语，口音很接近美国，却不像英国.

英国人一直说美国人说的是美语不是英语。.

这篇文章副作用大，看了以后更加不知道怎么说英语了.

回复 4楼牛牛他妈 的帖子

北美Irish 人口很多，算个大族裔。三月St. Patrick's Day就是他们的节日，满街Irish green, 戴绿帽，穿绿衣, 还有parade。.

回复 4楼牛牛他妈 的帖子

美式口音的雏形就是爱尔兰口音。.

;P.

上次小的考试，为了transport还是transportation被扣了分。到现在我还搞不清。.

takeaway!
英国人自己也这么说滴.

他要看到澳洲英语更奔溃，原则就是能懒则懒:lol.

上次我和一个英国老外讨论唐顿庄园，我一直说“season”， 她坚持说“series”。:lol
而且拥有正宗伦敦口音是很骄傲的一件事。。

[[i] 本帖最后由 vivian2006 于 2014-3-28 14:18 编辑 [/i]].

能表达沟通就行。

我第一次发现老美说“Long time no see" 的时候也很惊诧，不过想通就了没事儿了，世上本没有路，走的人多了就成了路。”.

回复 13楼vivian2006 的帖子

多亲切的用法啊，好多读书时学到的用法，现在不大听到了，偶然看人家用，觉得还挺开心的。.

回复 14楼嘎嘎的妈妈 的帖子

呵呵，多好用呢！在沟通中你中有我，我中有你:funk: :lol.

好玩·~~;P.

回复 1楼不二周助 的帖子

歪下楼，今天早上听广播，说到听众不二周助，是你吗:D.

回复 18楼简颜 的帖子

当然不是，哈哈。.

回复 14楼嘎嘎的妈妈 的帖子

是的

中国人多需求大，
外人要分经济羹，学习我们的语言就够他们受的。.

孩子到学校的tuckshop买食物，被要求使用Can i……,please？的句式，我们在澳大利亚。
澳式英语也很搞，有时英式，有时美式，再加澳式。.

孩子到学校的tuckshop买食物，被要求使用Can i……,please？的句式，我们在澳大利亚。
澳式英语也很搞，有时英式，有时美式，再加澳式。.

can i please, 很标准的。.

还遇见过一个美国老外吐槽过英式英语的...

回复 23楼不二周助 的帖子

俺就是一个，长期听美音，偶尔听英音，感觉刺耳拗口;P

《老友记》有一集就是嘲笑罗斯女友的英国口音

哈哈哈，第49个，好搞笑！

哈哈，我女儿和英国人一起，其中有演一个大傻妞，英国人说这里全线说美音，因为只有美国人那么傻。

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