Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like.
A form of ancient Egyptian writing which was developed in the 7th century BC and used for everyday writing in the Late and Graeco-Roman periods
of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people. television's demotic style of language. = colloquial
A word of Greek origin, meaning peoples scripts It developed from the hieratic during the 8th-7th century BC and soon replaced it Due to its abbreviations it is very hard to read
Developed from hieratic writing, this cursive form is found on Egyptian monuments and papyri
Demotic is used to describe something or someone that is typical of ordinary people. demotic entertainments such as TV soap operas. = popular. used by or popular with most ordinary people (demotikos, from demos )
of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms" of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
a cursive form of hieroglyphic writing developed in the seventh century B C , written from right to left