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It might be time to rethink the long-held belief that people with foul mouths have smaller lexicons. In fact, a study found, the number of a person drops might actually be correlated with greater overall language fluency. 一直以来人们都认为满嘴脏话的人词汇量较小，现在该重新思量思量这句话了。事实上，一项研究发现，人们口吐脏话的词频或许就与其语言整体的流利度更高相关联。 Taking an opposite approach to the view that people who use dirty words do so because they're linguistically challenged, psychologists Kristin Jay and Timothy Jay of Marist College and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts hypothesized that being fluent in four-letter words might just be a sign of better language skills. 都认为说脏话是因为词穷、语言水平差，来自玛利斯特学院和马萨诸塞文科学院的心理学家克里斯廷·杰和提姆斯·杰却剑走偏锋，他们假设认为口吐脏字儿或许就标志着其语言技能更好。 The researchers recruited study participants between the ages of 18 and 22, and asked them to do a fun little experiment: First, say as many swear words as they could think of in a minute, followed by another 60 seconds of listing animal names. 研究人员召集了18至22岁的参与者来做一项有趣的小实验。先是一分钟内能想到几句骂人的话就说几句，接下来的60秒里列举各种动物名称。 | 
