由九个字母和四个音节组成的,发音饶舌的“现象”一词成为英语里面最难念的单词。
With nine letter and four syllables, the tongue-twisting "phenomenon" has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language.
莫斯说,游戏玩家通常用数字和符号来代替字母。 他们创造出了一种“l33t speak”“精英语言”(网络黑话),“l33t”读作“leet”,是elite(精英)一词的缩写。
Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" — that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.
当《牛津英语词典》追溯这个首字母缩写词的来源时发现,上个世纪八十年代的计算机狂热爱好者应为此负责。
When the OED traced the origins of the acronym, they discovered 1980s computer fanatics were responsible.
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