whom（pron.）
who 的宾格，古英语 hwam（原始日耳曼语 *hwam）， hwa 的与格形式（来自 PIE 词根 *kwo-, 关系代词和疑问代词的词干）。从公元1300年开始，不正确地使用 who 代替 whom 已经被证实。
The clerk snapped at Degarmo's back like a terrier.
"One moment, please. Whom did you wish to see?"
Degarmo spun on his heel and looked at me wonderingly. "Did he say 'whom'?"
"Yeah, but don't hit him," I said. "There is such a word."
Degarmo licked his lips. "I knew there was," he said. "I often wondered where they kept it."
[Raymond Chandler, "The Lady in the Lake," 1943.]
文员像小猎犬一样朝德加莫的背后咬了一口。
“请稍等，您想见谁？”
德加莫转身看着我，惊讶地说：“他说‘whom’？”
“是的，但不要打他，”我说，“这个词是存在的。”
德加莫舔了舔嘴唇。“我知道有这个词，”他说，“我经常想知道他们把它放在哪里。”
[雷蒙德·钱德勒，《湖中女士》，1943年。]