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Updated: 2005-06-22 09:57

British farmers want 'couch potato' removed from dictionary

英國農民不滿《牛津英語大詞典》欲為土豆正名

British farmers want 'couch potato' removed from dictionary
British potato farmers were taking to the streets to call for the expression 'couch potato' to be struck from the dictionary on the grounds that it harms the vegetable's image. (AFP)

British potato farmers were taking to the streets to call for the expression "couch potato" to be struck from the dictionary on the grounds that it harms the vegetable's image.

The British Potato Council wants the Oxford English Dictionary to replace the expression with the term "couch slouch", with protests planned outside parliament in London and the offices of Oxford University Press.

Kathryn Race, head of marketing at the Council, which represents some 4,000 growers and processors, said the group had complained in writing to the OED but had yet to receive a response.

"We are trying to get rid of the image that potatoes are bad for you," she said Monday.

"The potato has had its knocks in the past. Of course it is not the Oxford English Dictionary's fault but we want to use another term than couch potato because potatoes are inherently healthy."

The OED says "couch potato" originated as American slang, meaning "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes."

The Potato Council says its campaign has the backing of dieticians who say the vegetable is low in fat and high in vitamin C.

Supporting the campaign, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson said the vegetable was one of Britain's favorite foods.

"Not only are they healthy, they are versatile, convenient and taste great too. Life without potato is like a sandwich without a filling," he said.

John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said the dictionary first included the term couch potato in 1993 and said "dictionaries just reflect the words that society uses."

Simpson said words were never taken out of the full-length dictionary, which includes some 650,000 words contained in 20 volumes.

But little-used words can be removed from the smaller dictionaries to make way for newer ones.

"If society stops using words then they get taken out of the smaller dictionaries," he added.

The first known recorded use of the expression couch potato was in a 1979 Los Angeles Times article, Simpson said.

Nigel Evans, a member of parliament for the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, has made a motion in support of the campaign, highlighting the nutritional value of the British potato.

(Agencies)

英國種植土豆的農民們紛紛涌上街頭游行,強烈要求《牛津英語大詞典》把短語“couch potato”從字典中刪掉,理由是這個詞有損土豆的形象。

英國馬鈴薯委員會計劃在倫敦議會大廈及牛津大學出版社的辦公室旁舉行抗議活動,以迫使《牛津英語大詞典》用另一個詞“couch slouch”來取代“couch potato”。

英國馬鈴薯委員會代表著大約4000名土豆種植者和加工者的利益,該委員會的市場部主任凱瑟琳·萊思說,他們已經向《牛津英語大詞典》的編撰者們寫了抗議信,但是目前還沒有收到任何回音。

“我們試圖消除這樣一種印象:土豆是個害人精。”,她于本周一(6月20日)說。

“土豆在過去一直身背罵名。當然,這也并非《牛津英語大詞典》的過錯。但我們想用別的詞來代替couch potato,畢竟土豆天生就對人類健康有益。”

《牛津英語大詞典》對這個詞是如此解釋的:“couch potato”起源于美國俚語,代指那些“消極度過閑暇時光或終日無所事事的人,他們通常看電視或影碟打發時間”。

馬鈴薯委員會聲稱這場運動得到了營養學家的支持。后者宣稱土豆脂肪含量低,而且富含維生素C。

著名廚師安東尼·沃拉爾·湯普森也支持這場運動。他說土豆是英國人最愛吃的食物之一。

“土豆不僅有益于身體健康,而且富含多種營養成分,食用方便,味道也很棒。如果生活中沒有土豆,就像三明治沒有加餡一樣,索然無味。”他說。

《牛津英語大詞典》的主編約翰·辛普森介紹說,這本字典于1993年首次將couch potato這個短語納入詞條,并且強調“字典只不過反映了單詞在社會中的使用情況而已”。

辛普森表示,目前還沒有把詞組從這本大型詞典中刪掉的先例。《牛津英語大詞典》共分為20卷,包含65萬個單詞。

但在一些小型字典中,如果一些單詞已很少使用,就可以把它們刪掉,為新的詞匯留出空間。

"如果某些單詞已不再使用,就可以把它們從小型字典中刪掉,"他補充說。

目前已知的對couch potato這個短語的最早使用紀錄是1979年《洛杉磯時報》的一篇文章中,他說。

來自蘭開夏郡里博爾山谷的議員奈杰爾·埃文斯也表示支持這項運動,并對英國土豆的極高的營養價值大加贊賞。

(中國日報網站譯)

 

 

Vocabulary:

take to the streets: 走上街頭(游行等)

couch potato: a person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television(終日懶散的人,花過多時間坐著或躺著的人,通常是為看電視)

strike from: 從……中劃掉

slouch: to sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture(懶散倦怠的站姿或行走姿勢)

sit around: 無所事事

dietician: 營養學家

cognitive: of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition(認知的,認識的)}

versatile: having varied uses or serving many functions(多方面的,多用途的)


 


 

 

 

 
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