推特更名:为什么“X”可能是英语里的最强字母?  

Twitter's Rebrand:Why‘X'Could Be The Most Powerful Letter In English

作　　者：Clare Thorp 唐伟(译) 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《英语文摘》2023年第12期47-52,共6页English Digest

摘　　要：克莱尔·索普写道,从其腓尼基人的源头到推特的新名称,“x”是英语字母中最强大、最有魅力的一个。纵观字母表中的字母,有一个字母的影响力远超其分量。在《牛津英语词典》的30.8万个词条中,只有366个单词以字母“x”开头,且其中没几个能进入大多数人的词汇储备。然而,尽管x如此孤傲——抑或正因如此——它可能是我们拥有的最强大、最具魅力的字母。From its origins with the Phoenicians to Twitter's rebrand,"x"is one of the English alphabet's most powerful and alluring letters,writes Clare Thorp.As letters of the alphabet go,there is one that punches well above its weight.Out of a total of 308,000 entries in the Oxford English Dictionary,just 366 words begin with the letter"x",and very few of those make it into most people's vocabulary.Yet despite this aloofnesss or perhaps because of it x is perhaps the most powerful and alluring letter we have.

关 键 词：索普 腓尼基人 英语字母 克莱尔 推特 词汇储备 《牛津英语词典》 字母表 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]