11: How Now, Brown Cow?
03/06/23 • 24 min
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This week, Isi takes the test in our Last Week's Episode section to try and identify all 12 accents from the British Isles... can YOU beat her score? Later, Mitch and Isi talk about the success of hosting their first ever, members-only pub quiz and answer your questions about our language learning history and what we think is the most beautiful sounding language.
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Show Notes
Watch the 12 accents challenge video: 12 BRITISH ACCENTS... 1 VIDEO (Easy English 149)
Transcript
Mitch:
[0:25] Hello and welcome to the Easy English Podcast.
Isi:
[0:28] Hello, hello, hello. Test, test, one, two.
Mitch:
[0:32] Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Isi:
[0:36] Yed... already done. Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry. No, I can't.
Mitch:
[0:43] Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.
Isi:
[0:45] Okay. Episode 11. Nice number, isn't it? In Germany, we say Schnapsal. (What, sorry?) Schnapsal.
Mitch:
[0:53] What's this?
Isi:
[0:54] Schnaps number.
Mitch:
[0:55] Eleven?
Isi:
[0:56] Yeah, everything with like, the same numbers. Eleven, three hundred and thirty three.
Mitch:
[0:59] It makes me think of number eleven from Stranger Things.
Isi:
[1:04] There we are again.
Mitch:
[1:05] Mike! Mike!
Isi:
[1:08] Okay, what's our topic, Mitch?
Mitch:
[1:10] Okay.
Isi:
[1:11] You said you prepared everything. I'm just here.
Mitch:
[1:13] This is good though. We can surprise each other with topics, maybe.
Isi:
[1:17] Nola's just sitting in front of me, waiting for me to give her F-O-O-D. We cannot say the word, because then she will get excited.
Mitch:
[1:25] The magic word. Feed me! (Okay.) First topic is related to one of our past week's episodes, in which, I went down onto the streets and I had some pre-recorded local British people, including British Isles, including Ireland, reading out a transcript and I made people from Britain, guess where they're from. And now I want to test you. You've been in Britain for some time now.
Isi:
[1:55] Oh God!
Mitch:
[1:57] How do you fancy your chances?
Isi:
[2:00] Not good. .
Mitch:
[2:11] Okay. (Let's go.) Let's try some. (Let's try, yeah.)
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This week, Isi takes the test in our Last Week's Episode section to try and identify all 12 accents from the British Isles... can YOU beat her score? Later, Mitch and Isi talk about the success of hosting their first ever, members-only pub quiz and answer your questions about our language learning history and what we think is the most beautiful sounding language.
Interactive Transcript
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Show Notes
Watch the 12 accents challenge video: 12 BRITISH ACCENTS... 1 VIDEO (Easy English 149)
Transcript
Mitch:
[0:25] Hello and welcome to the Easy English Podcast.
Isi:
[0:28] Hello, hello, hello. Test, test, one, two.
Mitch:
[0:32] Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Isi:
[0:36] Yed... already done. Red lorry, yellow lorry. Red lorry, yellow lorry. No, I can't.
Mitch:
[0:43] Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.
Isi:
[0:45] Okay. Episode 11. Nice number, isn't it? In Germany, we say Schnapsal. (What, sorry?) Schnapsal.
Mitch:
[0:53] What's this?
Isi:
[0:54] Schnaps number.
Mitch:
[0:55] Eleven?
Isi:
[0:56] Yeah, everything with like, the same numbers. Eleven, three hundred and thirty three.
Mitch:
[0:59] It makes me think of number eleven from Stranger Things.
Isi:
[1:04] There we are again.
Mitch:
[1:05] Mike! Mike!
Isi:
[1:08] Okay, what's our topic, Mitch?
Mitch:
[1:10] Okay.
Isi:
[1:11] You said you prepared everything. I'm just here.
Mitch:
[1:13] This is good though. We can surprise each other with topics, maybe.
Isi:
[1:17] Nola's just sitting in front of me, waiting for me to give her F-O-O-D. We cannot say the word, because then she will get excited.
Mitch:
[1:25] The magic word. Feed me! (Okay.) First topic is related to one of our past week's episodes, in which, I went down onto the streets and I had some pre-recorded local British people, including British Isles, including Ireland, reading out a transcript and I made people from Britain, guess where they're from. And now I want to test you. You've been in Britain for some time now.
Isi:
[1:55] Oh God!
Mitch:
[1:57] How do you fancy your chances?
Isi:
[2:00] Not good. .
Mitch:
[2:11] Okay. (Let's go.) Let's try some. (Let's try, yeah.)
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10: Keep Calm And Carry On
The Easy English Podcast has made it to 10 episodes! Mitch and Isi discuss the pros and cons of the modern interpretation of the British motto 'Keep Calm And Carry On' in relation to ongoing building works in their block of flats. They debate if te-ra is even a Welsh farewell and Mitch tries to sell the biggest TV "horror-drama" to Isi.
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Intro
Isi:
[0:24] That's episode number 10.
Mitch:
[0:28] 10 is the magic number.
should we directly jump into the topic of the... day? Topic of the day? What is our category named? Topic of the... (Week.) Week.
Topic of the Week
Isi:
[0:50] Okay, Topic of the Week. (I've forgotten what it is.) I know what it is. (I've forgotten.) When English people are too polite.
Mitch:
[0:58] Ah yeah.
Isi:
[0:59] How would you call that? It's actually coming from my point of view.
Mitch:
[1:03] Well, I'd call it the... the lack of backbone. But, it has a name. Well, it's actually a phrase, which all Brits kind of, inadvertently stick to, which is 'keep calm and carry on'. Someone, somewhere, listening to this, probably has a tote bag, they bought, that one time they came to London, which has 'keep calm and carry on', with a crown behind it or something. You see it everywhere (Yeah?) in these souvenir shops.
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Next Episode
12: Unhelpful Advice
This week, in our special Unhelpful Advice themed episode. We answer questions from the self-proclaimed cocktail king on travel advice for couples; how we like to experience holidays together and how a couple who are both organised and spontaneous can enjoy travelling together. David asks why Mitch is a pathetic Brit and shares his empathy on his fear of complaining. And Marketa asks Isi for her advice on learning English, Isi shares her tips and experiences of learning English through school, work, friends and media. We also have an exciting NEW ANNOUNCEMENT for Easy English at the start!
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Isi:
[0:24] Okay, what do we do today Mitch? Tell me.
Mitch:
[0:28] Today is a weird day. (Why?) Because we're recording this in the very, very distant past.
Isi:
[0:37] Are we telling this?
Mitch:
[0:39] We're recording this in the very distant future. No, for the future, 'Back to the Future'. (Okay.) Marty!
Isi:
[0:46] When you hear this it will be a bit, a bit... long ago.
Mitch:
[0:51] Yeah, we're recording this for the future, but, when you're listening, this would have been recorded in the past, like 'Back to the Future', where he went to cowboy days and had sex with his mum.
Isi:
[1:00] You're very confusing.
Isi:
[1:12] So the first thing we have is an...
Mitch:
[1:14] Exciting update! Easy English is now expanding its membership to now include conversational lessons? (No.) Conversational... (No.) Conversation...
Isi:
[1:30] It's called the conversation membership and it's not a lesson, but it's a conversation meeting, I would say. It's a meeting where we talk English. Yeah, we did this because we heard from a lot of you, what you really lack is English practice because, you don't live in an English-speaking country or you don't have friends to speak to, or colleagues to speak to and it's just not in your everyday life. And to learn a language, this is really important to just speak, to use the language and to make mistakes and to hear someone speaking and react on this. So we thought, it would be a lot of fun... sorry, I took over from you, is that okay? (Keep going.) To meet once a week, in a virtual online pub, so it's an online meeting. And, pub-style-ish, we'll come with our favourite drink and we talk about everything life.
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