Office gossip: Women spend up to five hours a day gossiping according to a new study.

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A study shows that the typical woman spends five hours a day - more than a third of her waking hours - chatting and gossiping, the Daily Mail reports.

Whether at home or work women natter for about 298 minutes every day, it found.

Discussing other people's problems, who is dating whom and other people's children form the basis of most of the chat. Other subjects that come up most regularly include sex, shopping and the soaps such as Eastenders or Coronation Street.

The report also found women spend 24 minutes a day discussing their weight, diets and dress size.

And one-third of women say they spend a chunk of their day discussing what they are eating for lunch, while a quarter regularly exchanged recipes.

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女人每天花5小时八卦

       据英国《每日邮报》报道，研究发现，女性每天会花5个小时来闲聊八卦，而这占据了日常生活超过1/3的时间。

       不论在家里还是上班，女性每天都会唠叨298分钟。

       她们喜欢讨论别人的事，诸如谁又和谁约会了、别人家的孩子怎么样了等这些话题是她们最常讨论的。

       另外一些很常见的话题包括性生活、购物、英国肥皂剧《东伦敦人》或《加冕街》，而且每天还有24分钟的时间是女人用来讨论自己的体重、节食以及衣服合身问题的。

       有1/3的女性称，她们还会花大量时间讨论中午吃什么；1/4的女性喜欢交换食谱。

(China.org.cn August 16, 2011)