Whatever has been voted most annoying word in English conversation by 47% Americans. The informal response to indicate a lack of interest is consistently disliked by Americans regardless of gender, race, age, income, or where they live.
In second place came you know (25%) followed by it is what it is (11%), anyway (7%) and at the end of the day (2%)
Marist Institute surveyed 938 US adults by telephone from August 3 to August 6. The five choices included were chosen by people at the poll discussing what popular words and phrases might be considered annoying.
In order to be a good conversationalist is to always be aware of what you are saying and maybe to avoid those five words /phrases.
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Actually, I'm the one who sometimes say whatever..
ReplyDeletehahahaha..