【WORD】英国--七大上流社会规避词

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英国在历史上一直是一个有着明确阶级意识的国家，而不同的阶级有属于其自己不同的行为言语方式。上层阶级不会轻易的去使用让他们看上去不是那么“gentle”的语言，Kate Fox将七个被上层社会所敬而远之的词称之为“The Seven Deadly Sins”(七宗罪)。
一宗罪：Pardon
Pardon在我们看来是最为普通也是普遍运用的词了，没听懂时来一句“Pardon?”问清楚说话人刚才说了什么。但是在英国的上层社会看来，这个词可是用不得的！Kate Fox提出来了这个小小的测试来分辨不同的阶级，但这也正体现出了英国人中存在的比较明显的阶级意识。This word is the most notorious pet hate of the upper and upper-middle classes. Here is a good class-test you can try: When talking to an English person, deliberately say something too quietly for them to hear you properly. A lower-middle class will say &quotardon"; an upper-middle will say "sorry"(or parhaps "What- sorry?" or "Sorry- What"); but an upper class and a working class person will both just say "what".
这个词被上层和中上层阶级视为眼中之沙。这儿有一个分辨阶级的好方法：当你和一个英国人说话的时候，说的快一点让他们听不清楚，那么这时，一个中下层阶级的人就会用“pardon”，而中上层阶级的人会用“What”或者“What-sorry”或者“Sorry-what”,上层阶级和工人阶级的人都会说“What”。
二宗罪：Toilet
"Toilet" is another word that makes the higher classes flinch or exchange knowing looks, if it is uttered by a would-be social climber. The correct upper-middle/upper term is "loo" or "lavatory".
当一个想挤进上流社会的人说了个“Toilet”,立马会让上层社会的人为之色变。因为上流社会会用到“loo”或者“lavatory”，而非“Toilet”。
三宗罪：Serviette
It has been suggested that "serviette" was taken up by squeamish lower-middles who found "napkin" a bit too close to "nappy" and wanted something that sounded a bit more refined. Upper-middle and upper-class mothers get very upset when their children learn to say "serviette" from well-meaning lower-class nannies, and have to be painstakingly retrained to say "napkin".
有一个讲究的中下层阶级因为“napkin”的发音太像“nappy”，他想要一个听起来更优雅的词，便创造出“serviette”。所以当中上层以及上层阶级的人发现他们的孩子跟着处于好意的下层阶级保姆学会说“serviette”时，她们不得不费心思的将孩子们改回到说“napkin”。
四宗罪：Dinner
There is nothing wrong with the word "dinner" in itself: it is only a working-class hallmark if you use it to refer to the midday meal, which should be called "lunch". Calling your evening meal "tea" is also a working-class indicator: the higher echelons call this meal "dinner" or "supper".
“dinner”这个词本身并没有问题，只不过这是一个工人阶级的特点，用“dinner”而不是“lunch”来形容午饭。将晚饭称之为“tea”也是工人阶级的一个特点，上层人士称其为“dinner”或者“supper”。
五宗罪：settee
You could ask your hosts what they call their furniture. If an upholstered seat for two or more people is called a settee or a couch, they are no higher them middle-middle. If it is a sofa, they are upper-middle or above.
你可以问问主人他们是怎么称他们的家具的。如果他们将那种能坐两个人或者更多人的椅子为“settee”或者“coach”，那么他们所属的不会高于中层阶级。如果他们称其为“sofa”，那么属于中上或者上层阶级。
六宗罪：Lounge
And what do they call the room in which the settee/sofa is to be found? Settees are found in "lounges" or "living rooms", sofas in "sitting rooms" or "drawing rooms". "Drawing room" used to be the only "correct" term, but many upper-middles and uppers feel it a bit silly and pretentious to call, say, a small room in an ordinary terraced house the "drawing room", so "sitting room" has become acceptable.
那他们是怎么称呼放沙发的房间的呢，放settees的是"lounges" 或者"living rooms"，放sofa的是"sitting rooms" or "drawing rooms"。"Drawing room" 曾经是唯一正确的形容这些房间的词，后来中上层的人们觉得用"Drawing room" 来形容房子里一个普通的小房间显得有那么点傻有点假，所以"sitting room"便成为了他们普遍接受的说法。

七宗罪：Sweet
Like dinner, this word is not in itself a class indicator, but it becomes one when misapplied. The upper-middle and upper classes insist that the sweet course at the end of a meal is called the "pudding"-never the "sweet", or "afters", or "dessert", all of which are declasses, unacceptable words.
跟"dinner"这个词一样，"sweet"本身并不是一个阶级标志，但是当它用错地方时，却成了这样一个标志了。上层和中上层阶级的人坚持认为餐后的甜点应该成为"pudding"而不是"sweet"，"afters", "dessert"，所有这些词都是下层阶级的人使用的，不被接受的词。英国的阶级分明催生出了这些不被上层阶级接受、使用的单词，如果在交谈中出现这些词，很容易就被人定义好了你所属的阶级！

小昂

看来这个版块又会像工作在NGO版块一样…………

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为什么啊？··看过之后给点意见呗··

秋风！

七宗罪，是一部电影，大家可以去看看哈，呵呵

小昂

这个版块设置的初衷应该是与环保有关的英语类的东东，比如说英语环保评论文章、环境类英文单词、英文版的组织简报等等这类的东西，不是所有的只要是英文的都可以，就像现在的工作在NGO这个版块，好多与NGO工作无关的东西都发了里面，是这个意思啦~
再说，你这个帖子，要怎么给建议啊~~~

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有道理··那娱乐大家的呢··那种学术性的东西不是很受关注的~整篇发送大家能接受吗？

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晓慧姐姐也是英语专业的，有空多和她讨教讨教吧

小昂

学术类的东西，其实就是拿来让大家学习的，愿意学习的自然会去看，不愿意学习的随他们好了，毕竟论坛里的大部分人都还是有些浮躁的，真正能静下心来看的人应该是比以前少了。
娱乐性质的，一般会发到济溪休闲茶馆去。

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明白了~~~要是有那种两全其美的办法就好了··即能让大家关注又能让大家学到东西~~
我尽量做~

小昂

支持。