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Hyperbole: Using Unbelievably Enthusiastic Words in Everyday English

Hyperbole: Using Unbelievably Enthusiastic Words in Everyday English

by SoHo Language Group | Dec 4, 2019 | Cultural Differences, Language

Omigod. Wowwwwww! Fantasssstic! The above words are common in everyday American English; though they sound extreme, their meaning could actually be more equivalent to “Oh!” or “Cool” or “Great”. Americans tend to like the extra feeling and verbal sizzle in informal...
Cultural Differences: What Americans Really Mean When They Ask, “How are you?”

Cultural Differences: What Americans Really Mean When They Ask, “How are you?”

by SoHo Language Group | Dec 3, 2019 | Cultural Differences

A young French woman on an exchange program in New York walked into a clothes store on Fifth Avenue one afternoon. A salesperson greeted her with, “How are you today?” “I was shocked!” she told me, a day later. “Why is that so shocking?” I asked. “But that lady...

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