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Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss their pet peeves, those little annoyances in life which drive us all crazy.Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we have a topic talk and today's topic is pet peeves and social. Maybe people, maybe our students don't actually know what a pet peeve.00:00:23JackIs it's kind of a weird word or kind of a weird phrase. What is a pet?00:00:27발표자Mm-hmm.00:00:28JackYou've.00:00:29XochitlA pet peeve is something that bothers you. Kind of like in modern slang you would say like an ick. It's something that like, bothers you but not to an extreme extent. It's not like something necessarily bad or like.00:00:46XochitlObjectively bad or horrible about someone or the OR a habit that someone does, but it's just something that irritates you.00:00:54JackYeah, like if you have a friend that lies to everybody and they just lie.00:01:00JackThat's not really a pet peeve that's more like, uh, a character flaw. Exactly like everybody hates that because everybody hates lying, OK?00:01:02XochitlNo, that's.00:01:03XochitlYou said your boss.00:01:06발표자 3Right.00:01:12XochitlBut if you have a friend.00:01:12JackYeah.00:01:13XochitlWho doesn't push their chair in? That's my one of my pet peeves is people like you go to a restaurant with people and they leave their chairs on, pushed or whatever. I don't like that. That's a pet peeve. It bothers me when people leave their chairs on push and I might go and push everyone's.00:01:30XochitlThen.00:01:31JackOhh, you'll actually go and push in all the chairs of.00:01:34JackLike your family members.00:01:34XochitlDepends if if people have gone on and I have like an extra second back then I'll do it. I just don't like leaving it for the servers to like have to push everyone's chairs back in or whatever, you know.00:01:46JackYeah, it is kind of rude to like, you know, push your chair out to get up and just walk away.00:01:52JackOK, it's like push your chair in. It's. Yeah, it it's just a common politeness, right?00:01:53XochitlYeah.00:01:59발표자Hmm.00:02:00JackYeah, yeah.00:02:02XochitlAnd what's a pet peeve of yours, Jack?00:02:04JackUM, I don't know. I'm trying to think of like, what are some?00:02:07JackOf my pet peeves.00:02:09XochitlOh, another way to explain this to our listeners as well is that it's something that bothers you about other people.00:02:19XochitlUM, it's not like a habit of yours, if that makes sense.00:02:25XochitlIt's kind of like something that bothers you that other people do usually.00:02:28JackYeah. Like let's say that like you have a friend.00:02:34JackAnd she likes to.00:02:36JackEat baby carrots in like tiny little bites. You know, she takes like a little bite of a baby carrot, and then she's like, and then she's and then another bite and. None. None. None. None. None. And it's like it's it's just like her habit is annoying to you. Other people might not care at all. They're like, oh, that's OK that's how she eats, baby.00:02:42XochitlDone.00:02:44XochitlLike a rabbit.00:02:46XochitlNo.00:02:59JackThere it's, you know.00:03:00JackIt's fun, but for you it feels like someone scratching their fingernails on a chalkboard, you know?00:03:00발표자 3Right.00:03:08XochitlRight. It's really irritating.00:03:10JackYeah, it's really irritating. Yeah. One of my pet peeves is when people say, you know what I mean.00:03:19JackYou know what I mean, you know?00:03:20XochitlOhh that bothers you interesting.00:03:23JackYeah, yeah. When people say that to me, I I'm. And especially when it's like something really obvious, you know.00:03:31JackIt's it's like, you know, like the Earth rotates around the sun. You know what I mean? It's like, yeah, I know what you mean.00:03:42XochitlWait, Jack, let.00:03:43XochitlMe. Give this to you from the perspective of someone who who does this, who says like?00:03:46XochitlYou know what?00:03:47XochitlYou know what I'm talking about? I don't mean it because I think you or the other person is like, dumb or doesn't get it. I say it.00:03:54XochitlBecause I don't.00:03:55XochitlKnow if what I was trying to explain came out of my mouth and made any sense, even though it's really simple if.00:04:00XochitlLike I just.00:04:01XochitlMissed the ball or over, explained it to the point that it doesn't make any sense, so I'm like. Ohh did that make sense? You know what I mean? It's not like I'm questioning the other person. I'm like questioning myself. So maybe that'll make you feel better about people asking.00:04:12JackRight, right.00:04:14JackNo, no, no, no, I'm. I'm not. And I wasn't. I'm not. I'm not pointing the finger at you. I'm everybody does this and I think that I think you're right. Like the generous interpretation is that people are just trying to be clear. They just want to be understood.00:04:31JackRight. And so one of the ways that you are checking in with the other person to make sure to make sure that you're making sense is to say, do you, do you understand what I'm saying? Like, do you know what I mean? And I do it too. Like I. I'm. I'm. I'm guilty of my own pet peeve, you know. But it's just that sometimes.00:04:51JackIt just feels like.00:04:53JackYou know people, it feels like someone's asking me like like.00:04:57JackYou know, because you know Jack, you're so slow. I just want to make sure that you're, you know, are you able to understand what I'm talking about? You know, like 1 + 1 is 2. You know what I mean? It's like.00:05:03XochitlHey.00:05:11JackYeah, yeah, I I know what.00:05:13JackYou mean I I I know simple math, you know?00:05:13발표자No.00:05:16XochitlYeah, I was. I was more kind to reassure you that it probably has more to do with the person second guessing themselves than like guessing you. But I get it. It is your. It can be irritating.00:05:21JackI think so.00:05:25JackYeah. And again, pet pet peeves can be.00:05:26발표자OK.00:05:28JackIrrational like mine.00:05:30XochitlYes, they often are, or they often make you like way more annoyed than you have any right to be. That's kind of why it's.00:05:31JackYou know.00:05:37XochitlA pet peeve.00:05:38JackYeah, I have another. I have a lot of driving pet peeves, you know, like.00:05:44XochitlOhh, I'm interested to hear these cause since I don't drive.00:05:47JackYeah. I I I really another pet peeve of mine is like when people must back their car into a parking spot.00:05:57발표자You know.00:05:57XochitlAh, my dad always does that. He he does. He's easier to drive out. And I'm like, well, you're taking as much time backing it in as you would backing it back out like just.00:05:59JackYeah.00:06:07JackExactly. It's like, what are you doing? It's it's like, are you a bank robber?00:06:09XochitlIt's so annoying.00:06:15JackAre you? Do you need a fast getaway? I mean, from the grocery store, you have to.00:06:21JackYou know.00:06:21XochitlEven way like you're gonna take you, you would have just taken as much time backing it out when you're leaving as you did, backing it in when you get there. So you're not really saving time unless, like you said, you need to fast get away like a bank robber or something. But for other people, it just doesn't make sense. It's.00:06:36JackYeah.00:06:38XochitlNot a time saver at all.00:06:40JackFor bank robbers out there, those of our listeners that are bank robbers, I forgive you. You that's. You're not included in my pet peeve. Yeah, it makes sense that you would back into a parking spot. Another one is another pet peeve is scooters.00:06:47XochitlThat makes sense.00:06:59JackThey're everywhere, these electric scooters.00:07:03JackAnd people just leave them lying. They have a lot of like, I I don't know if this is just Korea or if this is in your countries as well.00:07:14XochitlWhen I hear this, I'm I'm like it sounds like Korean to me.00:07:18JackYeah, because what you can do now is you can rent these electric scooters and basically you just scan your credit card and then it activates this, the electric scooter. And then you just drive it around. But wherever you stop, you can just leave it.00:07:37JackSo they're just all over the street. They're all over the ground. They're they'll leave it in front of our building. Some people will leave it in front of a driveway and they're just everywhere.00:07:50XochitlWell, why? Why can't they just leave it everywhere? Like doesn't the company expect them to leave it so much?00:07:55JackThe company has a has a tracking device on them and so they'll drive around in a truck and they'll put that in the truck and recharge it.00:08:03JackAnd then just dump it back on the side sidewalk again somewhere so that somebody can walk by and pick it up and drive it. And so they're just littered everywhere, not to mention very dangerous because they're, you know, they're they're riding in front of us, you know, in front of your car.00:08:22JackAnd and and just it's. It's a real problem here in Korea, the electric scooters.00:08:28XochitlYeah, that's definitely.00:08:29XochitlA Korean thing we don't really, at least where I've lived in the US is not a thing in in Mexico is not a thing. But yeah, that I I know that I know what you're talking about. And yeah, that is a very common problem. But I can see why it would be irritating. I am.00:08:42JackIt's more common in big cities like New York, Chicago.00:08:45XochitlYeah, I guess that. But I think in the US they probably expect you to park it in a certain location again.00:08:46JackThose places have them, yeah.00:08:52XochitlLike the next drop, the closest to your.00:08:54JackYeah, I think. But here they just just you just stop where you are and you just put the kickstand up and then you walk away and then it's done, your times up.00:09:02XochitlWhy don't I don't think that's a thing in the US? I'm pretty sure you have to, like, put it back at your next nearest location or something, because otherwise.00:09:04JackYeah.00:09:11JackThere is a parking spot in Seoul called the Han River. I would like them to park all of those scooters right there in the water. Just throw it off the bridge. Let it sink to the bottom and be done with this whole scooter thing. But that's my again. That's my pet peeve. So you know. Yeah.00:09:26발표자And.00:09:30XochitlSo you're kidding, yeah.00:09:32XochitlI would be very irate with that as well. One of my other pet peeves is picky eaters. I'm not talking about people who can't.00:09:41XochitlTry different foods because they have autism or some other kind of thing. Food for yeah, people who like refuse to try something new. They're just like I just until I won't like that. I'm like, just eat it. Like it's just you.00:09:45JackOur allergies.00:09:57XochitlDidn't know and I mean.00:09:58XochitlI get it. If it's something like a something really sore.00:10:01XochitlYou like a scorpion or a cockroach or something? You know, I wouldn't want to eat that either, but if it's just, you know, I had a friend in college.00:10:05JackSure.00:10:12XochitlWe're actually still close friends. I love her to death, but this one really killed me about her. She was like, I think it was sweet potato or something that she wouldn't try because I know I won't like it in quotation marks. I like you. Won't try it cause you know you won't like it.00:10:27XochitlHow do you know? You've never tried it? It's detect your thing. I can just tell by the look of it and it just drove me crazy because I'm the type of person who will try something. I don't like multiple times to see if.00:10:39XochitlI like it now.00:10:40JackRight. And your and your and your taste changes over time too. I didn't like mushrooms as a kid. Now I love mushrooms.00:10:41XochitlIt becomes.00:10:46XochitlYeah, I hated sweet potatoes as a kid. Now I love sweet potatoes, but I just keep trying. Things cause things. Your taste changes over time. Sometimes you haven't had it prepared a certain way and you actually like it better that way. Or sometimes you had a bad example of that dish.00:10:50발표자 3Yeah.00:11:04JackYeah.00:11:05발표자 3And yeah, if you said.00:11:05JackIt could have been prepared poorly.00:11:08XochitlYeah, or poor ingredients or whatever. If you stopped and just did.00:11:12XochitlYou try. It's just you're limiting your life for no reason and that just irritates.00:11:16XochitlMe, I I.00:11:17XochitlAm Mexican culture encourages people to be kind of like good eaters, quote UN quote, which I think Korea also. And so it's very it's like prized for people not to be picky like that.00:11:22JackYeah.00:11:28JackNo Americans tend to be they eat like children. When you're older, you know? Ohh, I only eat corn dogs and French fries and you know Coca-Cola. You know, something like that. I know I'm going to like that. You know, it's.00:11:33XochitlYes.00:11:42XochitlRight.00:11:44JackLike it's like you're gonna eat. You're gonna spend your whole adult life adult life eating like a child. You're never gonna try feta cheese? You're never gonna try. You know, I don't know. Seafood. You're never gonna try just. I mean, you're limiting yourself your life experience.00:11:51XochitlYeah, I like this.00:12:04JackSo.00:12:06JackSuch a narrow little track of of really of garbage food, you know? Yeah.00:12:12XochitlRight. Bland garbage food just cause, you know you won't like something that is a huge pet peeve of mine. Anyway, listeners, let us know what some pet peeves of yours are. I would really love to hear you guys's perspectives for sure. I'm interested to hear what.00:12:17JackYeah.00:12:20JackYeah, same.00:12:32XochitlDifferent pet peeves are what common pet peeves might be in your country.00:12:37XochitlYeah. So leave us a comment down below at A-Z, englishpodcast.com shoot us an e-mail at A-Z, podcast@gmail.com and join our WeChat WhatsApp groups. Join the conversation and we'll see you guys next time. Bye bye.00:12:48발표자 3Bye bye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/topic-talk-pet-peeves/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok: @atozenglish1Instagram: @atozenglish22Twitter: @atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Language expert Xochitl discusses the meanings of 'spicy, hot, and salty' with examples like salty food and pretzels. They explore the nuances of these words, from describing food to a person's mood, and how they have evolved in usage over time.

Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack explains the meanings of the expressions the silent treatment and the cold shoulder.The terms "silent treatment" and "cold shoulder" are often used interchangeably, but they do have slightly different connotations.Silent Treatment: This is a form of psychological manipulation where one person intentionally stops communicating with another person, typically as a way to express their disapproval, anger, or to exert control. It can be passive-aggressive behavior, often used in conflicts or disagreements as a way to punish or manipulate the other person without openly expressing their feelings.Cold Shoulder: This refers to a deliberate act of ignoring someone or showing them indifference or aloofness. It's often more overt than the silent treatment and may involve avoiding eye contact, turning away from the person, or giving short, curt responses. While the silent treatment can involve a complete cessation of communication, the cold shoulder can involve minimal or superficial communication but with an underlying sense of rejection or disdain.Both behaviors can be harmful to relationships as they undermine communication and trust. They can escalate conflicts rather than resolve them and often leave the other person feeling hurt, frustrated, or confused. It's important for individuals to address underlying issues in a constructive and respectful manner rather than resorting to these passive-aggressive tactics.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idiom-academy-the-silent-treatment-the-cold-shoulder/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok: @atozenglish1Instagram: @atozenglish22Twitter: @atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack talks about his love of recycling, reusing, and upcycling items that people have thrown away.Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to The A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and today I'm doing a solo episode and today's topic is I love garbage.00:00:15JackAnd you're probably thinking to yourself.00:00:19JackWhat are you talking about, Jack? Nobody loves garbage.00:00:24JackBut recently.00:00:27JackI'm really into.00:00:29JackRecycling.00:00:31JackAnd.00:00:32JackUpcycling.00:00:34JackAnd reusing.00:00:37JackObjects that people don't want anymore.00:00:41JackAnd.00:00:43JackFixing them and using them myself.00:00:47JackAnd fixing items, selling them to make a little bit of profit or.00:00:56JackYou know, giving items that I can't use anymore to.00:01:04JackFriends or family that might you know, people that might.00:01:06JackWant those items?00:01:08JackSo let me explain a little bit more of what I mean by I love garbage. It started about a year ago.00:01:18JackI I wanted to get into exercise and I used to exercise regularly, but during COVID coronavirus.00:01:30JackDuring that time I I stopped.00:01:33JackGoing to the gym, I stopped exercising. I started eating unhealthy food and I started to gain weight and I've never really been able to go back to how I was before COVID before that time started.00:01:54JackAnd so I was in my neighborhood and I saw an exercise bicycle in the garbage. Uh, not not in a garbage can, but, you know, in the ready for the recyclers to take it and take it away and.00:02:10JackI thought to myself, I think this is a a pretty nice exercise bike. Uh, this is not a uh, a regular bicycle. This is an exercise bicycle, so a stationary bike stationary means it doesn't move when you pedal, it just stays in the same place.00:02:30JackAnd lots of people have these in their houses, and I noticed that there was one problem with this stationary bike. The handlebars kept the handlebars are the the things you hold on to while you're pedaling and they kept they were loose. They kept falling forward.00:02:51JackAnd.00:02:53JackI thought to myself, I think I can fix this and so I brought it home.00:02:58JackI took out my tools and Long story short I fixed it and now it's a perfectly good.00:03:06JackExercise bicycle and I got it for free. You know, usually you have to pay $100 or hundreds of dollars for these kinds of exercise machines.00:03:19JackHowever.00:03:20JackI got mine for free.00:03:23JackAnd so I have an an extra room in in our building, there's a an extra room that we have. My wife and I have turned into a kind of a gym, a a home exercise center.00:03:38JackAnd so I put the bicycle in there.00:03:41JackAnd about a week later.00:03:43JackSure.00:03:44JackI saw a bench, an exercise bench where you can do sit-ups and a sit up is where you you go back, you're on your back and then you lift up and you use your stomach muscles, your abdominal muscles to pull yourself up. And it was perfectly good except it was missing.00:04:05JackOnce.00:04:06JackI went to the hardware store, I bought a screw for $1.00.00:04:11JackAnd I fixed that and I put that in my exercise room.00:04:15JackAnd then.00:04:17JackI found another piece of exercise equipment perfectly fine. Someone was throwing it away because they were. They were moving out of their apartment and I live in a neighborhood with a lot of apartments, a lot of small apartments. So when people don't want items, they just.00:04:36JackThrow them away instead of because they don't even want to take the time to give them away or to sell them. They just throw them away.00:04:44JackSo I took it, I took it home.00:04:46JackAnd I've I've now got this like little gym kind of set up. And my wife there's a a website in Korea where people give away items that they don't want. And someone was giving away a running machine. So we drove over to their apartment. We put the running machine.00:05:07JackIn our car, in our truck, and brought it back, put it in the exercise room. So now the gym has.00:05:14JackIt was a running machine, an exercise bike, a sit up bench, some weights and things like that. So it kind of started with like I I'm starting to see that like in Korea, I think it's because people live in apartments, they just don't often take the time to.00:05:35JackEven sell things, they just they just throw them away.00:05:38JackAnd the other day I was walking along the street and I saw a guitar. So in a case someone had just.00:05:47JackPut a guitar.00:05:48JackIn the garbage.00:05:50JackAnd I went and opened it up.00:05:52JackAnd it was a perfectly good guitar.00:05:55JackAnd I threw it in my truck and I brought it home.00:06:00JackAnd I looked at it, I didn't have to do any fixing of the guitar. It was perfectly good. And so I have an extra guitar cause I kind of collect guitars. I'm a guitar player and I love that hobby. And so I I brought it home and.00:06:21JackI just now I'm kind of in the mindset of like, why buy something new?00:06:27JackWhen?00:06:29JackPeople are giving away or throwing away.00:06:33JackOld things that are still could be good for for me. So we have an expression in English.00:06:40JackOne man's trash is another man's treasure.00:06:46JackAnd for me, it's more of an environmental.00:06:50JackRead there. It's more environmental for me to be honest, because a lot of these things, they just end up being thrown into a hole in the ground, like that exercise bike. Just the handlebars are were broken and they could be fixed, but no one is going to fix those.00:07:07JackThey're going to the the garbage men are going to take that. They're going to throw that thing in the ocean or in a big hole in the ground, and it's going to stay there for 1000 years.00:07:19JackAnd what is the purpose of making new things and buying new things when we have?00:07:27JackOlder things that can just be fixed and used, and they're perfectly fine and they don't end up in a hole in the ground. You know polluting our our land or floating in the ocean, polluting our oceans.00:07:43JackI just really don't understand, so I'm very much in the mindset of, like, not buying anything. If I need something, I try to find it online for free or I look around my neighborhood or and I fix something up and and use it. It might not be.00:08:00JackYou know, my bicycle is not beautiful. It's not the most beautiful stationary bike. It's not going to win a beauty contest, but it works perfectly fine. It's great for exercising the guitar. Yeah, it's not a.00:08:16JackA A Les Paul or a Gibson, but it's a it's a perfectly fine guitar and I'm not. I'm not terrible guitar player to be honest. So for me I don't need anything fancy or super expensive when it comes to those kinds of items. I can just enjoy.00:08:37JackHaving different guitars that make that have different sounds and enjoy those things. And so I guess what I'm saying is going back to the beginning of my talk today is that when I say.00:08:52JackI love garbage.00:08:54JackI love.00:08:55JackTaking objects that are going to end up in a hole in the ground or in the ocean, and I like fixing them and using them, and it's deeply satisfying. It's more satisfying than like buying the item and bringing it home. If I give more joy out of finding something and it doesn't cost me any money.00:09:16JackIt costs me a little bit of time and a little bit of energy.00:09:20JackBut it you know it, it saves money.00:09:23JackAnd and it's and it's. They're all things that are that are making my life better. They're making me healthier. The exercise bike is going to actually make me healthier, live longer. The guitar is going to give me joy because I I get joy from playing the guitar and making music. And so I just really.00:09:43JackWant to encourage?00:09:46JackYou listeners out there to.00:09:49JackLove garbage like me.00:09:52JackAnd see if it doesn't make you feel even more satisfied when you find some object that you're able to repurpose and reuse instead of buying it new.00:10:06JackAlright, so that's my talk today. Jack loves garbage.00:10:11JackPlease, if you talk to social, explain what the meaning is, because she's probably going to be surprised when she sees the title of this episode. I love garbage.00:10:22JackIf you want to leave.00:10:23JackA message for us go to.00:10:25JackSend us an e-mail AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com. You can also go to our website azenglishpodcast.com and you can leave a comment on the website. You can join our WhatsApp group or our WeChat group and you can leave a comment there. We'd love to see you in the A-Z English WhatsApp group or WeChat group.00:10:45JackAnd with that said.00:10:46JackI will see you next time. Thanks everybody.00:10:50JackBye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/topic-talk-i-love-garbage/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok: @atozenglish1Instagram: @atozenglish22Twitter: @atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack answers a listener's problem about her boyfriend using his phone too much while they are at dinner.Dear Jack,I've been dating my boyfriend for about a year now, and overall, things have been going well. However, there's one issue that keeps coming up: his constant texting during our dates. Whenever we go out to dinner or spend time together, he's always glued to his phone, checking messages and responding to texts. It's starting to make me feel ignored and unimportant. I've tried bringing it up gently, but he always brushes it off, saying it's nothing important. How can I address this issue without causing a big argument?Sincerely,Feeling IgnoredPodcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/dear-jack-my-boyfriend-uses-his-phone-too-much-during-dinner/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok: @atozenglish1Instagram: @atozenglish22Twitter: @atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack explains the meanings of two idioms:"As nutty as a fruitcake": This idiom means extremely eccentric, strange, or irrational. Fruitcakes are often considered bizarre due to their dense texture and mix of various fruits and nuts. Therefore, comparing someone or something to a fruitcake implies a high level of peculiarity."Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire": This idiom means to go from a bad situation to an even worse one. It suggests making a decision or taking action that initially seems to improve the situation but ends up causing more problems. The imagery evokes the idea of escaping danger only to find oneself in a more perilous situation.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idiom-academy-nuttier-than-a-fruitcake-and-jumping-out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ARobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Exciting things are happening here at A to Z headquarters! We're going to be uploading our episodes to our You Tube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8AWe are also going to be offering an additional two to three episodes each week to exclusive subscribers who are able to donate $1.99 per month.The A to Z English Podcast is taking a break this week as we prepare for the BIG changes that are coming to the podcast. We hope you are as excited as Xochitl and Jack are! :)Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/big-announcement/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack teach you how to use the present simple tense correctly.Transcript:00:00:52JackLike, what's your daily routine?00:00:55XochitlYeah, I I think it's. I think it's interesting because we because we, well, I'll tell my daily routine and we can break it out from there, but let's say.00:01:06XochitlI wake up at 8:00 in the morning. I eat breakfast, I brush my teeth.00:01:15XochitlAnd then I get ready for work. Jack, what do you do in the morning?00:01:19JackI get up at 7:00 in the morning. I brush my teeth first.00:01:27JackI've I've gotten into that practice recently.00:01:30XochitlThat's interesting. There's like the debate, and we'll have to make that a topic.00:01:33XochitlAnother time, but I mean I mean.00:01:34JackYeah. Yeah. Do you brush your teeth before you eat breakfast, or do you brush your teeth after you?00:01:39JackFirst umm. So I brush my teeth, I wash my face. I I get dressed and then I go to work. I I teach at my university. I eat lunch. I teach a little bit more. I go home, I eat dinner. I watch Netflix with my wife and then I go to bed.00:01:59JackAnd so that's my daily routine. Now, I think where students get confused about what we're talking about here is we're not talking about today.00:02:09JackWe're talking about.00:02:11JackEverything. Yeah. Yeah. So things that we did in the past, things that we do now and things that we most likely will do in the future, like I don't see my routine changing anytime soon.00:02:11XochitlEvery day.00:02:28JackAnd so, because it's a habitual thing.00:02:33JackWe we would put that in, we would use the present simple tense to to describe that.00:02:39JackAnd I think it's the easiest. Like grammatically it's the easiest of the tenses because there's only really one rule that you have to remember. And that's when you use **, *** or it as the subject. What happens to the verb when you when you change it to like he or she.00:02:59XochitlYou add that S on the end because you're saying he brushes. She brushes they well. You you change it slightly for brushing teeth. You know, I brush my teeth versus ** *** brushes.00:03:13XochitlThey're here. I'm OK, Jack. I'm gonna let you take over because I'm getting.00:03:17JackNo, no, no. I know exactly what you're saying. So you like? Yeah. So if we use the subjects I, you, we, they you would say like I brush my teeth, we brush our teeth, it brushes its teeth. Although I don't know what that means.00:03:34XochitlThey brush their teeth.00:03:34JackOr they brush their teeth. But if you use he or she so he brushes his teeth, he gets up, you add an S there he washes his face, he goes to work. Yeah.00:03:46XochitlStop.00:03:50XochitlHe watches Netflix, he eats dinner.00:03:54XochitlShe.00:03:55XochitlTakes hour, so it just kind of changes a little bit.00:03:59JackYeah, we call that a inflection, A verb inflection where basically the verb changes a little bit and the inflection is just with an S or an ES. What about study? How would you change that to the present? Simple.00:04:19XochitlUMI study every day or ** *** studies every day. So you change the Y to IES.00:04:25JackRight. So.00:04:28JackThere you go. Yep, Y becomes IES. What about the verb have?00:04:35JackI have breakfast.00:04:37JackShe or he, what would you use there?00:04:37XochitlUh.00:04:39XochitlHas has she? He has breakfast.00:04:43JackA common mistake that some you know beginners will make is that they'll UM.00:04:47JackOver generalize the rule so they'll say haves like HAVES but we but that one's an irregular 1, so we have to use has and so they'll just be careful with the verb have when it's with using he or she we use has and.00:04:51XochitlYeah.00:05:07JackThat's that one. You just have to memorize. There's just a couple of of strange ones like that.00:05:14JackYeah.00:05:15XochitlYeah. All right, listeners, I think this one is a pretty simple one. Why don't you practice by writing your daily routines for us in the WeChat and WhatsApp groups, shooting us an e-mail at A-Z, englishpodcast@gmail.com or leaving a comment down below on our website at AZ englishpodcast.com and we'll see you guys next time.00:05:34XochitlBye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/grammar-zone-the-present-simple-tense/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. 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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack play a game of Kiss, Marry, Kill with three Disney princesses: Ariel, Snow White, and Cinderella.Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the 80s English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are doing a topic talk game Edition Kiss, Marry, Kill.00:00:16JackAnd so social the rules of this game are that you have to, I'm going to give you 3 choices and you have to decide which person you would kiss, which person you would kill, and which person you would marry. And so.00:00:34JackI've got 3 Disney princesses, Cinderella.00:00:40JackSnow White.00:00:42JackAnd Ariel, Ariel is obviously the mermaid from what's the movie called.00:00:50XochitlThe Little Mermaid.00:00:52JackThe Little Mermaid. OK. Sorry. I had a a brain malfunction there for a moment. OK.00:01:00JackAll right.00:01:02JackSo.00:01:03JackKiss Mary, kill Cinderella, Snow White or Ariel.00:01:08XochitlUM, OK, this one's actually going to be really.00:01:10XochitlEasy.00:01:10XochitlFor me, Cinderella, I would kill automatically because she's the most boring of the three choices to me.00:01:11발표자OK.00:01:18JackOh.00:01:20XochitlIf they're talking about the original story.00:01:21XochitlI like I like.00:01:23XochitlPretty much every like reproduction or adaptation in other cultures, but the original like Disney one was boring to me, so I've killed her Snow White. I would kiss on.00:01:32JackOK.00:01:37XochitlI like.00:01:37JackWell, because you gotta wake her, you.00:01:39JackHave to wake her up, you know.00:01:40XochitlOh well, sure.00:01:41XochitlYou do have to wake up. I also.00:01:42XochitlLike your whole.00:01:44XochitlLike.00:01:45XochitlI don't know. I I I thought it was really fun to watch baked pies and stuff when I was a kid and I like the little like culture that she's in because she gets to, like, interact with the dwarves and stuff. So I think that would be fun. I really liked that movie as a child too. And and The Little Mermaid was one of my favorites.00:02:01발표자Yeah.00:02:06XochitlAs a child, and I would definitely marry Ariel, I think Ariel gets a bad rap for being like whiny, spoiled, blah, blah. I don't think any of that is true. I think she had a really bad relationship with her father.00:02:20XochitlAnd.00:02:21XochitlAnd it doesn't get better until the end of the movie, and I think that's where all her issues come from because her father sucked. I'm. I stand by that and I would marry her because she has the most fascinating. She's literally part of another world. And so it would be so cool to get to talk to her about those.00:02:31JackYeah.00:02:37발표자Yeah.00:02:41XochitlExperiences Thanksgiving or Christmas or whatever with their family would be so fun. And you know, ideally, you know, trading as a king and see maybe he can use his magical powers to make you guys like half.00:02:49JackYes.00:02:57XochitlMermaids have. Uh.00:03:01XochitlYeah, like in Luca, you have you seen that movie?00:03:04JackNo, no, I haven't seen Luca yet. I.00:03:07XochitlAnyway, you had to see that, but I think that that'd be really cool. And then it's just and she has the spirit of an adventurer, I think. And I think that that would be very compatible with me.00:03:09JackOK.00:03:20JackOK. Yeah. So I'm I'm close to your answers, but I'm off a little bit. I think I would.00:03:22발표자Yeah.00:03:30JackI would. I would. Uh kiss Cinderella.00:03:34JackI don't know. There's something about Cinderella. She's just very charming, you know? And I know that's a weird word to use because she marries Prince Charming. But.00:03:46XochitlCinderella.00:03:47JackYeah. I just, I really, I I really like Cinderella. I I think she, you know she's she has such a a a tough life.00:03:57JackBut she's she's got that kind of, like, plucky spirit. Like she she really. She never gives up. She, you know, I I just, I I don't know. I I I love Cinderella. I love the her relationship with the little mice that she's even.00:04:03발표자So.00:04:15XochitlThat is.00:04:18JackShe's even kind to the mice, you know? Uhm and UM. So I'm going to, I'm going to kiss Cinderella.00:04:26JackI'm gonna. I'm gonna.00:04:27JackKill Snow White because Snow White is I found her boring and she's sleeping for half the movie anyway so.00:04:36JackSo I don't know. Yeah, I just. I don't know. I never. I never was. Never like a big Snow White fan.00:04:38XochitlInteresting. Interesting.00:04:47XochitlI love and my sister would only gifted stuff and I always get gifted Cinderella stuff and made me annoyed because I wanted the Snow White stuff because that was one of my favorites.00:04:58JackI know mine. I'm I'm. I'm more basic. Like I'm. I'm kind of going like for the cause. Cinderella is obviously more famous than Snow White. I I would say probably like more in.00:05:09XochitlLike it's probably it's.00:05:10XochitlOne of the most plastic tails that's also adapted to a lot of different cultures, and I like those. Have you ever seen ever after?00:05:17JackYes, I like that movie with Drew Barrymore. Yeah.00:05:20XochitlThat would be very more. That is a really good representation of Cinderella, and I would have to change my answers if we were doing.00:05:26XochitlIt based on that.00:05:27XochitlBut anyway your last.00:05:27발표자Ohh frickin.00:05:29XochitlYour last one is who you would marry you.00:05:33JackI would marry Ariel because I always thought Ariel was the the most beautiful, the the best of the Disney princesses.00:05:45XochitlHey. So we have two aerial lovers in the house. This is America's. Most people really hate her.00:05:50JackI love them. I guess it's it's part of it is because I just. I love the movie and I love the music in the movie and I love the story.00:05:58XochitlDrive. They do a little.00:06:00JackAnd she's got, like, wanderlust, you know, and which is similar to, like, my. You know what? What I have like I I want an adventure. You know. I'm I'm always curious about what's you know behind that door like.00:06:14XochitlYou want to be where the people are.00:06:16JackYeah, yeah, I wanna. I wanna get away from the fish and I wanna hang out with the people, you know. But yeah. So I always. I always had like a a a crush on on Ariel. And I thought she was the the best Disney Princess.00:06:33JackAnd uh, she's also got uh, I'm using this word. Plucky again. I I don't know if there's a better word for this. Funky. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. She's got, like, a ***** to her. She's she's she's a, you know, she's a heroine. She's a, you know, she's a hero.00:06:39XochitlOh, it's.00:06:40XochitlFunky.00:06:47XochitlYeah.00:06:48XochitlSpicy. She's strong. I like her.00:06:51XochitlYeah.00:06:54XochitlEnthusiasm. And I like that she never fit in in the mermaid world or the people world. But she just blunders through with confident enthusiasm. She's doing her own thing. She doesn't care if everyone else thinks she's weird, you know?00:07:10JackYeah. Yeah. And that I live in a kind of middle space, A liminal space in between 2 cultures. To be honest, you know, in Korea, I'm still American. But in in America, I've lived half my life in Korea. So.00:07:24JackYou know, for me, I kind of live in, in that in between space and she is also trapped between two worlds. Maybe there's something about that that I find attractive in the story.00:07:34XochitlYeah, I could agree.00:07:36XochitlBecause I'm also from 2 cultures, I was born and raised in two cultures. So I I think it's interesting and I.00:07:42JackMaybe that's something. Maybe that's why we're attracted to that story and.00:07:46JackAlso, she doesn't.00:07:47JackNeed a man? Necessarily. The man needs her. **, *** she saves him. But in Cinderella and Snow White, it's like, ohh the man. You know, the wood. The woodsman has to save her or the. Sorry. The king. The Prince. Sorry, Prince has to has to, you know, come in.00:08:02JackSwoop in and save the.00:08:03JackDay and in in aerial story, she actually the the the whole premise of the story begins with her saving the the Prince. So I I I like that she's a strong. She's a strong woman and I've attracted to strong woman. My wife is a strong woman.00:08:14XochitlYeah.00:08:24JackSo.00:08:26JackI I don't know. I I I would definitely marry Ariel. I would kiss Cinderella and kill Snow White. Although I think that kill is pretty harsh, but it's the only choice we have. So yeah.00:08:38XochitlYeah, right, listeners, let us know what you would pick. I find it interesting that Jack and on the page because so many aerial haters. So I want to know, do you hate Ariel or do you side with us? Let us know in are we channel one step groups leave a comment down below at A-Z English.00:08:57XochitlPodcast.com or shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com and we'll see you guys next time.00:09:03XochitlBye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/topic-talk-game-edition-kiss-marry-kill-2/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack explain what it means when Americans use the terms fine, good, and great.Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are stepping into the vocabulary spotlight and we're going to focus on three adjectives. Fine, good and great and what they actually mean in.00:00:21JackThe context of a a meal or other situations so social do you want to explain what we're talking about here today?00:00:32XochitlYes. Umm. So I think that fine, good and great are kind of a uh.00:00:40XochitlHierarchy almost of of ratings and sign is.00:00:46XochitlYou know that's the lowest.00:00:48XochitlGood is the one in the middle.00:00:50XochitlAnd great is the highest.00:00:53XochitlIn terms of values, but I feel like in the US cultural context it it switches up a little bit because Jack.00:01:01XochitlIf I ask you how is the meal and you say it was fine, what does that say to you?00:01:07JackIf I say it was fine means it was acceptable but but not.00:01:13JackNothing special. You know, it was just like it was. OK, that's what it means. It was fine. It was. It wasn't. It wasn't below. It wasn't where it wasn't so bad that I would complain about it. Yeah, it wasn't bad, but it it wasn't it. It was average. It just means average.00:01:15XochitlYeah.00:01:25XochitlWasn't bad.00:01:33JackI would say.00:01:33발표자Yeah, it means.00:01:34XochitlAverage, which in the US cultural context means not really good enough anyway.00:01:41JackYeah. Like you go to a restaurant, you're like it was fine. I don't think you're gonna go back to that restaurant again, you know.00:01:48XochitlNo.00:01:50발표자Yeah.00:01:51XochitlYeah. And so then if I ask you, ohh, how was your meal and you say it was good? What?00:01:56XochitlWould that mean?00:01:58JackThat would mean it was better than fine. So it was it was above acceptable range. It was above average, but just barely, you know, just just slightly above average.00:02:12JackYou know good.00:02:12XochitlYeah, it was nothing, really too special. Even though you would normally think.00:02:19XochitlOhh it's a good meal. It's good but.00:02:22XochitlTypically when we use it in that context, it's shifts to mean you know it was an acceptable above average, but not being spectacular.00:02:33JackRight it in. I might go back again, but I might forget about that restaurant. You know, it's it it. It's not memorable, you know.00:02:43XochitlYeah.00:02:44XochitlAnd then if I say Jack, how was your?00:02:45XochitlMeal and you say oh it.00:02:46XochitlWas great. What does that mean?00:02:49JackThat means that I had a really good dining experience like you with the food was was right on point. Maybe the atmosphere was really nice in the restaurant and it was a great meal. And so it's a place that I would definitely.00:03:06JackRecommend to other people.00:03:09JackAnd I would probably go back again to that restaurant.00:03:15XochitlYeah. So I think it's a little different for us in the US because I know that even other English speaking countries like the UK sign good and great take on different meanings. And in the US, we're kind of.00:03:34XochitlWe're very uh.00:03:37XochitlExuberant by nature, which I guess means, you know, easily excitable and very over.00:03:44JackExaggerate, you know.00:03:46XochitlYes.00:03:47XochitlYeah, we do. So if a meal is fine in the US, it's like.00:03:52XochitlIt's not great. So I think that's just an interesting thing about our culture. What would you say?00:03:58XochitlAbout that, Jack.00:03:59JackYeah, it's, it's where Americans really have a hard time being negative. We try to put a positive spin on everything, but what happens when you do that is that basically words take on new meanings, right? You change the meaning of the words. So fine actually becomes just OK.00:04:19JackOr acceptable whereas.00:04:22JackIts original meaning was that fine was a very positive thing. You know, that was a fine meal, but now if you're using the word fine, it just means average, which you know, it just we just have a really hard time being honest in in American culture.00:04:43JackAnd so even when something is not good, we'll assign a positive adjective to it. But what happens overtime is that that adjective comes to mean something completely different than its original meaning.00:05:00JackAnd so it right. Exactly. Exactly. So now basically, fine has been demoted, you know, Lord to meaning average, which means then good gets brought down to a lower level, which means just a little bit better than average. And then we need to use.00:05:00XochitlYeah, it is.00:05:21JackVery exaggerated words like great, wonderful, amazing to actually mean something was very good, you know, like what? And.00:05:32JackSo I I think it's very interesting how it's just it's an insight into American culture how we're kind of always positive about everything even when things are not maybe so positive.00:05:46XochitlRight. And so it's kind of, uh, inflation of the value of words in a way.00:05:51JackYou're right, exactly. We we've inflated the meaning of of right of words that.00:05:59JackThat that originally had had kind of different meanings, and so I think in the dictionary, you know, fine still would be.00:06:08JackA positive thing, you know, but in just casual conversation, as if you really want to understand intimately American culture.00:06:21JackYou'd have. You have to understand that with if, if somebody if you. If you go to a restaurant and somebody says that was that was fine. They're really saying it was OK you know nothing special. And if they say it.00:06:32JackWas good. It was. It was.00:06:34JackYou know better than fine, but not great. And then anything above that great.00:06:40JackWonderful. Amazing. Then you can trust that that's a a restaurant you should visit.00:06:46XochitlYep, I agree. All right, well, listeners, if you have any questions about that or want to hear about similar subjects or want to tell us how it is in your culture?00:06:56XochitlMake sure to leave a comment down below at 8 is the English product or A to englishpodcast.com shoot us an e-mail at at ozenglishpodcast@gmail.com and join our WeChat WhatsApp groups to join the conversation and we'll see you guys next time. 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