You know, those really bubbly radio ads about a jumpin' party on the beach, the latest iPod giveaway, or ads on TV promoting Cillit Bang! (that's probably a UK thing...). Obviously it's not the way one would speak in everyday life, yet it's not simply 'enthusiastic speak' either. Does anyone know what I'm getting at?
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You know, those really bubbly radio ads about a jumpin' party on the beach, the latest iPod giveaway, or ads on TV promoting Cillit Bang! (that's probably a UK thing...). Obviously it's not the way one would speak in everyday life, yet it's not simply 'enthusiastic speak' either. Does anyone know what I'm getting at?
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The Oxford Etymologic Dictionary (OED) considers Ego / I as if it were a self-standing word developed within the Germanic and 'Indo-European'…
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