An American boss, transferred to London in the 1980s, complained to me that he couldn’t bear the standard British response of agreement he heard all day, the drawled: “Ab-sol-ute-ly.”
If he came back today, he’d be more likely to hear the word
that’s rapidly replacing it, come in from the USA, of course: “Totally.”
Or the more succinct “Totes.”
Not sure they are any less irritating.
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