Summary
Through The Language Glass by Guy Deutscher Heinemann Pounds 20 Pounds 16.99 inc p&p ***
Ten or fifteen years ago, there was an annoying fashion, particularly in metropolitan circles, for saying 'Absolutely' instead of 'Yes'. We all did it without meaning to. 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' 'Absolutely.' 'Did you enjoy that book?' 'Absolutely.' 'Have you finished what you were doing?' 'Absolutely.' Odder still, after people had been saying 'Absolutely' a few months, they began to say it in a sloppier way, so it emerged as 'Slooply'.See the full content of this document
Extract
Lost in Translation? Absolutely
Even though hundreds of thousands of people - perhaps even millions - found themselves in the grip of absolutitis, no one, either then or now, could tell you what caused it, or what it meant. Heaven knows why this bug started, or why, just as suddenly, it stopped.
Every now and then, you may hear someone today saying 'Absolutely' instead of yes, but it now sounds very retro,...See the full content of this document
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