The Daily English Show: 09.10

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

WOD start

artist: DJ iPep's

album: Home Mix 2007

track: Game Toy

from: EVREUX, France

qt start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Happy Alley

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Myst Dub

from: Toulouse, France

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

#1319 A While Vs Awhile, One In 8 Million, Australian Top Model Mistake, Sammie

Show 1319 Wednesday 29 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Do you know if awhile/a while is one word or two words? Which is correct: awhile or a while?

The answer is … they are both correct.

Awhile is an adverb.

But when it’s two words, a while, while is a noun.

So, both of these sentences are correct:

I thought awhile before I answered.

And: I thought for a while before I answered.

But the adverb awhile, as in the first sentence, is quite formal. So I think the second sentence is more common.

Try to remember this: for a while is three words.

This morning I went shopping for a while, then I came home and had lunch.

Tonight I’m going to study for a while, and then I might watch a bit of TV after that.

click here

Today I recommend you go and check out something called One in 8 million.

You can find it on the New York Times site.

It’s a collection of stories of people who live in New York. There’s audio of the people telling their stories, and there are photographs to go with the stories.

The stories and the photos are really interesting and I think it could be a good site for studying. You could just enjoy listening to the stories, or you could pick a story and try and transcribe it for listening practice, and then get someone to check your work.

I’ve written out the transcript for one of the stories. It’s a story about a 57-year-old guy called Joseph Cotton. You can find the script for that on the blog, so you can listen and read along.

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a TV host accidentally announced the wrong winner on a live show.

Australia’s Next Top Model is the Australian version of the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model.

This year’s final was shown live on TV and the host accidentally announced the wrong winner.

The host realized her mistake after the wrong contestant had made an acceptance speech.

And that was Stick News for Wednesday the 29th of September.

Kia ora.

IT’S TYRA MAIL!
SQUEEEAL!
Clap! Clap!
AHHHH!

I want to thank …

I’m so sorry …

Word of the Day

Today’s word is sammie.

I think you can spell it with a y or an ie.

Do you know what a sammie is?

I saw this sign in Auckland the other day. It says: MUFFINS SAMMIES PIES.

A sammie is a an informal word for a sandwich.

conversations with sarah

#846 You don’t like cute things?

Step 1: Repeat Phil’s lines.

Step 2: Read Phil’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Phil Do you use the word sammie?

Sarah No.

Phil Why not?

Sarah Why not? Um … I don’t know. Maybe because sammie sounds, kind of, too cute.

Phil You don’t like cute things?

Sarah No, I like cute things. And I like some cute words … just not this one.

One in 8 Million - Joseph Cotton - TRANSCRIPT

listen here

I’m the built in babysitter, so I have to do something with them. We’re not going to sit in the house with them kids. Because they want to get on the computer, they want to play music, they want to do this, you know. Where we are, it just ain’t big enough for all of us and all their ideas. So the whole thing is, OK … your mama left you here, let’s go for a walk, let’s come back and have a wonderful meal, you know what I mean? And it gives me the opportunity to do the things that my Uncle (?) and my Aunt Mary did for me. Like cook for ‘em. What we going to have for lunch?

“Oh, we want hot dogs!”

“We want chili!”

So now, this entails us going outside to the store, getting it, carrying it back home, make it with love. And it just becomes training. I don’t try to teach them a damn thing. Only thing I try to do is show them and let them pick up their own insights. That maybe later on, it might hit them. “Oh man, Popop (?) talked about this.”

Showing them how they can always find their way north. Look, it’s always wet on the north side of a tree. And sometimes the older ones will come back and tell me, “Oh, Popop we was out in the woods with our school and you know what the tree was just like that and we told our teacher.” And, you know, they understood what I was saying.

I make ‘em walk. Whenever they have to do an activity with me, they must walk.

It’s a very slow pace. Nobody’s in a rush. Try to get them to be silent. To hear oneself. To hear what you’re bringing, your mind is telling you. To smell, because they’re making so much noise, they’re not even smelling.

The youngest of the grandbabies, I took out, maybe about three weeks after she was born, I took her down to Bronx Park, just so she could smell it, just so she could know. Of course, she was asleep, I couldn’t get her to wake up. But that baby had a smile on her face as she was sleeping. And we just went back and forth.

All the little pennies that I find, I call it Jenna-pen (?). For my little granddaughter.

So that when she gets of age, her and I are going to go to the bank and cash in all the pennies that I have found. And we got the jar about quarter fill. Cause, you know, I don’t have no money to give her, but all that I find, I’m going to give it to her, you know.

Eventually I’m going to lose them, you know, they going to get to be 15, 16 year old. They’re going to be, “I ain’t hanging with Popop.” Because they’re going to have other interests, they’re going to be doing other things. I’m looking for greatness from them, so they can’t hang around me and, ah, find greatness.

I’m glad that I was able to make it to this age. Cause I never believed that I would make it past 16 years of age. God asked me for what I want, my answer was, “I just want time.” And I never knew that he was going to give me time with all these daughters and grandkids.

links

awhile vs a while

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

click here start

artist: #NarNaoud#

album: Green Vision

track: Oriental Standing

from: Gironde, France

WOD start

artist: DJ iPep's

album: Home Mix 2007

track: Game Toy

from: EVREUX, France

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Myst Dub

from: Toulouse, France

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

#1318 Easy A, Promiscuous Women, “Dead” Man Makes Full Recovery, Tramping

Show 1318 Tuesday 28 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show. Today’s movie is called Easy A. It’s an American romantic comedy that’s just been released in the United States.

From what you can see in the trailer, this movie is about a high school girl who pretends to sleep with lots of guys. So she gets a reputation as being someone who has many sexual partners, but it’s not actually true.

This is a poster for the film. There are lots of words written in chalk on a blackboard all pointing to her.

harlot

flirt

tramp

temptress

tart

floozy

cheap

easy

trollop

Those words all have similar meanings.

For example:

trollop old-fashioned, offensive a woman who has many sexual partners

floozy old-fashioned, informal, disapproving a woman who has sexual relationships with many different men

easy informal, disapproving (of women) willing to have sex with many different people

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a man who was pronounced dead and taken to a morgue made a full recovery after an undertaker noticed him breathing.

An ambulance service in the UK published a 3-year report which included

an incident in 2007 when a patient was taken to a morgue when he was still alive.

The report said paramedics ran a series of checks before saying the man was dead.

But when the body arrived at the morgue an undertaker noticed the man was still breathing and he later made a full recovery.

And that was Stick News for Tuesday the 28th of September.

Kia ora.

Should I include the time we accidentally burnt that guy alive?
Nah, better leave that one out.

Shouldn’t we check to see if he’s really dead?
Nah, he looks dead enough to me! And happy hour’s almost over …

Wow, this dead guy’s snoring!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is tramp.

Tramp can mean a woman who has many sexual partners, like on the poster for today’s movie.

And it can also mean a homeless person.

But in New Zealand tramp usually means a kind of walk.

In New Zealand we wouldn’t usually say: I’m going hiking this weekend.

We’d usually say: I’m going tramping this weekend.

conversations with sarah

#845 I didn’t mean with me.

Step 1: Repeat Brandon’s lines.

Step 2: Read Brandon’s lines and talk to Olive .

Brandon Do you want to go out with me?

Olive Brandon, just a couple of hours ago, you told me you were gay.

Brandon You said I should pretend to be straight.

Olive I didn’t mean with me.

links

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

WOD start

artist: DJ iPep's

album: Home Mix 2007

track: Game Toy

from: EVREUX, France

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Myst Dub

from: Toulouse, France

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Monday, September 27, 2010

#1317 Daylight Saving Time, Burnt Toast Costs Hospital Thousands

Show 1317 Monday 27 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Coming up on Question Time this week, we’ll be asking people about daylight saving time.

Daylight saving time is when you put the clocks forward one hour at the start of spring and then you put them back an hour in autumn.

This year in New Zealand we put the clocks forward an hour on the 26th of September.

In Wikipedia they have a map showing which countries use daylight saving time and which countries don’t, and it looks like most countries don’t actually use it. How about where you are right how?

DST observed

DST no longer observed

DST never observed

map by Paul Eggert

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today burnt toast has cost a hospital in New Zealand thousands of dollars.

Last year firefighters were called to Wairarapa Hospital three times when smoke alarms were triggered by burning toast.

The false alarms cost the district health board more than two thousand dollars.

NZPA reported the hospital has now decided to ditch four of its toasters and replace them with café-style sandwich presses.

And that was Stick News for Monday the 27th of September.

Kia ora.

Where’s the fire?
Um …

Pack your bags!

conversations with sarah

#844 What’s the point of that?

Step 1: Repeat Belinda’s lines.

Step 2: Read Belinda’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Belinda What’s the point of daylight saving time?

Sarah It’s so that it stays light longer in the afternoons.

Belinda What’s the point of that?

Sarah So you can do stuff after work I guess …

Belinda Like what?

Sarah Like … hang out outside, go for a walk, play sport.

Belinda But it’s darker in the mornings.

Sarah Yeah. So it’s not so good for everyone. It’s not good for people who like getting up early.

notes

pack your bags, idiom, to leave a place or job and not return

links

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Myst Dub

from: Toulouse, France

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

#1316 Millet

Show 1316 Sunday 26 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Sunday Kitchen #175 Millet

Recently I discovered how delicious millet is.

Millet is a kind of grain.

This is how I cook it.

I put one cup into a bowl and wash it.

Then I put it into a frying pan with a tablespoon of oil and toast it.

Then I add two cups of water and a quarter of a teaspoon of salt.

I bring that to a boil, then put a lid on the pan, turn the heat down and leave it for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes I check to see that all the water has been absorbed. And then I take it off the element and leave it for another five minutes.

Then I fluff the top up a bit with a fork and mix it with a wooden spoon and serve it on a plate with some vegetables on top.

This is silverbeet, leek and pumpkin.

Delicious.

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Question

from: Toulouse, France

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

#1315 Responses

Show 1315 Saturday 25 September

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Which is the best response?

I was in a car accident yesterday.

a. Are you OK?

b. Is that OK?

She won the award.

a. Really? She must be thrilling!

b. Really? She must be thrilled!

I’m sorry I can’t make it.

a. That’s too bad.

b. You’re too bad.

You can use mine.

a. Are you sure?

b. Is it sure?

My grandfather’s really sick.

a. I’m sorry about that.

b. I’m sorry to hear that.

The event was cancelled.

a. What’s a shame.

b. What a shame.

And then he said, “You’d look better if you lost 5 kilos.”

a. What jerk!

b. What a jerk!

She decided not to go.

a. Why is that?

b. What is that?

I had to tell him he’d lost his job.

a. Wow, he must have been tough.

b. Wow, that must have been tough.

When I got home I realized my zip was undone.

a. How embarrassing!

b. What embarrassing!

Guess what? I got the job!

a. That’s great! Congratulations!

b. That must be great! Congratulations!

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Question

from: Toulouse, France

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Friday, September 24, 2010

#1314 TV The Drug Of The Nation, Worst Town In Scotland, Oxymoron

Show 1314 Friday 24 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today we’re studying a song called: Television, the Drug of the Nation.

* by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.

I think the lyrics in this song are interesting to study. And this could also be a good song to study in a class or a study group or just a group of friends.

The song says that TV is like an addictive drug that makes us stupid.

TV is the reason why less than 10 per cent of our nation reads books daily, why most people think Central America means Kansas, socialism means un-American, and apartheid is a new headache remedy.

I’m not sure why people would think apartheid is a headache remedy. Maybe the word is similar to a headache remedy in the US?

Anyway, do you know what apartheid is?

It is: the system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race in force in South Africa 1948-91.

Two of the questions in the song that I think are really interesting are:

TV, is it the reflector or the director?

Does it imitate us or do we imitate it?

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a town called Denny asked to be given the award for the worst town in Scotland after another town refused to accept it.

The Carbuncle Award is given to the town in Scotland with the worst planning and architecture.

This year’s winner was a town called John O’Groats, but apparently no one from the town was keen to collect the award, so people from another town said they’d have it.

Residents from Denny said they hoped the award would pressurize local authorities into doing something to improve their town.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 24th of September.

Kia ora.

I’d like to thank the inept officials, the lousy architects…
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!

Wow. What an ugly town.
I think we’ve found a winner!
Clap! Clap!

Do you think there’ll be a red carpet?
Let’s write a speech!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is oxymoron.

An oxymoron is: a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, for example a deafening silence.

In the song they give some examples of oxymoronic language that they say has become standard on TV:

virtually spotless

fresh frozen

light yet filling

military intelligence

Can you think of any other oxymorons?

friday joke

Daddy, I got an A in spelling!

You fool! There’s no A in spelling!

conversations with sarah

#843 I don’t have a TV

Step 1: Repeat Jim’s lines.

Step 2: Read Jim’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Jim Do you watch much TV?

Sarah Well, I don’t have a TV.

Jim Really? Why not?

Sarah Because my place is too small, so I think it would be a waste of a corner.

Jim So you never watch TV?

Sarah No, but I watch TV shows on the internet, so it’s the same thing, but heaps better, because you can watch them when you want to.

Television, the Drug of the Nation by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - LYRICS

Thank you for joining us live on the air.

My pleasure.

One nation under God

has turned into

one nation under the influence of one drug.

Television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

TV, it satellite links

our United States of unconsciousness

Apathetic, therapeutic and extremely addictive

The methadone metronome pumping out

150 channels 24 hours a day.

You can flip through all of them

and still there's nothing worth watching.

TV is the reason why less than 10 percent of our

nation reads books daily,

why most people think Central America

means Kansas,

socialism means un-American,

and apartheid is a new headache remedy.

Absorbed in its world it's so hard to find us,

it shapes our mind the most.

Maybe the mother of our nation

should remind us

that we're sitting too close …

to the Television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On Television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On the screen is an address where you can mail your ..

TV, is it the reflector or the director?

Does it imitate us

or do we imitate it?

Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's

twelve years old and we wonder why we've created

a Jason generation that learns to laugh

rather than to abhor the horror.

TV is a place where

armchair generals and quarterbacks can

experience first hand

the excitement of video warfare

as a theme song is sung in the background.

Sugar sweet sitcoms

that leave us with a bad actor taste while

pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars.

You saw the video,

you heard the soundtrack,

well now go buy the soft drink.

Well, the only cola that I support

would be a union C.O.L.A.(Cost Of Living Allowance)

On television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On television, the drug of the nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and improved"

We return to our irregularly-programmed schedule

hidden cleverly between heavy-breasted

beer and car commercials.

CNN, ESPN, ABC, BCB, TNT but mostly BS.

Where oxymoronic language, like

"virtually spotless", "fresh frozen",

"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"

have become standard.

TV is a place where phrases are redefined

like "recession" to "necessary downturn",

"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse",

"civilian death" to "collateral damages"

and being killed by your own army

is now called "friendly fire".

links

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

WOD start

artist: DJ iPep's

album: Home Mix 2007

track: Game Toy

from: EVREUX, France

friday joke start

artist: AdHoc

album: Toutes directions

track: Sumbala

from: Annecy, France

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Question

from: Toulouse, France

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

#1313 Ngahihi O Te Ra Bidois, Lost Ring, Tickle Your Fancy, Newmarket Fashion

Show 1313 Thursday 23 September

Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today we’re studying another video in the series of inspirational videos by famous New Zealanders from this site.

The advice in today’s video is from a guy called Ngahihi o te ra Bidois and the title of the video is: Be who you want to be.

He talks about similar advice that different people have given. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford motor company, said: Whether you think you can or think that you can’t, you’re right.

Ngahihi’s grandmother said: Our thoughts create who we are.

And Bruce Lee said: As we think, so shall we become.

So all that advice has a similar meaning and I think it’s all very relevant to studying English. If you think your English will improve or if you think that it won’t, you’re right, because your English will improve according to how much time and effort you put into improving it.

If you don’t put any time into practicing English – or using it, or studying it – then you won’t improve. But if you do, you will.

I think that thinking positively is important. Of course, that’s not the only thing you have to do to achieve something, but it’s a good step in the right direction. What do you think?

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today a man has been reunited with a ring he lost 40 years ago.

In 1970 an American man called Stephen was swimming in a lake in Michigan with his girlfriend.

His girlfriend was wearing his high school class ring and the ring slipped off her finger into the lake.

Thirty years later a couple found the ring in the same spot when they were scouring the lake with underwater metal detectors.

They then spent 10 years trying to find its owner.

They tracked down the class of 1970’s reunion committee organizer who remembered that Stephen had mentioned on an online site that he once lived near the lake in Michigan.

And that was Stick News for Thursday 23rd September.

Kia ora.

It fell off. I’m sorry.
Stupid #!?*
It’s OK.

Let’s go treasure hunting!
Sounds fun!

Have you lost a ring?
No…

Dude, did you lose your ring in the lake?
Yes!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is tickle.

to move your fingers on a sensitive part of sb’s body in a way that makes them laugh

So if you touch someone lightly under their arms, or on their toes, they often laugh.

How about you? Are you very ticklish?

Tickle sb’s fancy is an idiom which means to please or amuse sb.

This is a box of tea and on the side they have brewing instructions and they say that you can add a sweeter if you want to. It says: feel free to sweeten it if that’s what tickles your fancy.

Question Time

For Question Time today we went to Newmarket in Auckland and we asked people about what they were wearing and why and where they bought their clothes.

I bought this from Sportsgirl in Australia recently, Melbourne. The dress is a year old from ? And my shoes are from Moochi.

Well, I’m a bit cheap. And so, I spend a lot of money on my clothes, but then I try to make them more interesting without having to buy more clothes. So, I layered this jumper over my dress, so you can’t really tell that it’s a season old.

Paganis.

Last year.

Cause it feels cool on me.

This one, I buy this jacket from Farmers.

Because Farmers has comparatively cheap prices. And comfortable and warm.

Because I like the colour black. When I buy this, at that time, black colour was not available.

Um, I got this in Hong Kong, at Puma.

Yeah, I actually got this in Hong Kong as well. Like, ah, my brother got it from Zara.

Yeah, I think it just suits me.

In Bali, actually.

I don’t know, how did I choose it? I just felt like a little bit of colour on my legs ‘cause it’s springtime. And yeah, that’s … I don’t know. That’s it.

conversations with sarah

#842 Where did you get that T-shirt?

Step 1: Repeat Zane’s lines.

Step 2: Read Zane’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Zane Where did you get that T-shirt?

Sarah I got it online.

Zane Which site was it from?

Sarah Threadless.

Zane Is that a New Zealand site?

Sarah No. it’s American. You haven’t heard of Threadless?

Zane No.

Sarah You should go and check it out, they have lots of cool T-shirts.

Henry Ford once said you could have a model T Ford in any colour you want as long as it is black.

Henry Ford also said, “Whether you think you can or think that you can’t, you’re right.”

So do you think you’re a great dad, you’re a great mum, you’re a great business person? Guess what, you’re right.

My grandmother also taught me that incredible truth when she said: Na te whakaarao ka puta mai te tangata. Our thoughts create who we are.

Another one of my childhood heroes, a guy called Bruce Lee, who was an amazing physical specimen, said this: As we think, so shall we become.

I encourage you to think big and be the person that you were called to be.

links

music

show start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Future Cha Cha

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

WOD start

artist: DJ iPep's

album: Home Mix 2007

track: Game Toy

from: EVREUX, France

qt start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: Happy Alley

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

cws start

artist: Kevin MacLeod

track: The Jazz Woman

from: Brooklyn, NY, United States

qa start

artist: ioeo

album: triptracks

track: triptrack2

from: Saint Raphael, France

qa bgm

artist: TSF

album: Mystic Opus

track: Question

from: Toulouse, France

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

#1312 UK Vs US Spelling, Snug As A Bug In A Rug, Bank Robbery, Applicious

Show 1312 Wednesday 22 September
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Someone I follow on Twitter wrote this tweet about mistakes the other day:

A good trick if you are unable to spell anything is to claim your misspelling is the British version. In Britain, claim it's the US spelling.

This is similar to the trick I recommend if you can’t remember how to spell practice/practise.

In the UK – and most English-speaking countries, I think - the noun has a c, and the verb has an s.

But in the US, they both have a c.

So if you can’t remember whether it’s the noun or the verb that has the s, you can just always spell it with a c, and say you were going for the American spelling.

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A couple of weeks ago I talked about a video by WordWorld, and today I recommend you go and read a book on their site called Snug as a Bug in a Rug.

Snug means warm and cosy.

And snug as a bug in a rug is a cute saying. Something that you might say to a child, for example, if you’re trying to encourage them to go to bed.

When you get in your nice warm bed with your teddy bear, you’ll be snug as a bug in a rug!

In this story, a bug can’t get to sleep, so his friends suggest places he could sleep, like a mug and a jug. But they’re not very comfortable, and then someone suggests a rug … and finally he is snug.

STICK NEWS

Kia ora in Stick News today two men were busted trying to rob a bank by drilling into it from a shop they had rented above it.

Two men in Albania rented a shop above a bank and decided to rob the bank.
They tried to drill a passageway from the shop into the bank vault.
But someone heard the noise and called the police.
Police said they arrested the would-be robbers when they were in the last stages of finishing the tunnel.

And that was Stick News for Wednesday the 22nd of September.
Kia ora.

Have you seen a movie called Small Time Crooks?
No. Why?

We’re doing renovations!

I’d like to make a deposit.
Hang on a sec …

Spoilsports!

Word of the Day

Today’s word is applicious.

You won’t find this word in your dictionary, because it’s not an official word. But can you guess what it means?

I bought a packet of chips the other day. And on the back they have a spiel of how good these chips are … and the last sentence is: And these taste dippaliciously great.

And then I was reading a free magazine from the supermarket – because my life is so exciting – and I found a similar word: applelicious.

So obviously, it’s a combination of apple and delicious. And on the page they have some apple recipes which they say are delicious.

You can make a word like this by adding -licious to any kind of food that you like.

bananalicious
avocadolicious
chocolicious
pastalicious

These are the kind of words that usually pop up in advertising, rather than in conversation. But you could always try throwing them in to your conversation. For example, when someone asks you how lunch was, you could say: It was noodlicious!

conversations with sarah
#841 Like on Point Break?

Step 1: Repeat Dominic’s lines.
Step 2: Read Dominic’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Dominic If you were going to rob a bank, how would you do it?

Sarah I would wear a mask.

Dominic Like on Point Break?

Sarah Exactly.

Dominic How about your voice?

Sarah What about it?

Dominic Would you use your normal voice?

Sarah Oh yeah, it might be good to try and disguise it.

Dominic You could try putting on an accent.

Sarah Yeah, that’s a good idea. Although I’m not that good at accents so I don’t know how convincing it would be.

notes

The phrase snug as a bug in a rug can be heard on The Wire, season 2, episode 7, 15:00:

Herc: Snug ...
Ellis: ... as a bug ...
Herc: ... in a rug.

links

British and American spelling differences - Wikipedia

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