One of those naysayers is Allan Metcalf, a professor of English at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., and the executive secretary of the American Dialect Society.

• 伊利诺斯州杰克逊维尔的麦克默雷学院英语系教授、美国方言学会的执行会长阿兰·梅特考尔夫就是其中一位反对者。