In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack tests Xochitl's knowledge of American English slang from the 00s.Bling-bling:This term was used to describe flashy, ostentatious jewelry, often associated with the hip-hop culture of the time.Bae:An acronym for "Before Anyone Else," used as a term of endearment for a significant other.Crunk:A style of hip-hop music that combines elements of hip-hop and electronic dance music, often characterized by energetic beats.Dolla dolla bills, y'all:A playful way to refer to money, influenced by hip-hop lyrics.Fo' shizzle:A playful variation of "for sure," popularized by rapper Snoop Dogg.Homie:A term used to refer to a close friend or someone from the same community.Jelly:Used to express jealousy or envy. For example, "I'm so jelly of your new phone!"Rad:An abbreviation of "radical," used to describe something cool or awesome.Wassup:A casual greeting, derived from "What's up?" often used in a laid-back, friendly manner.Y2K:Refers to the year 2000 and the concerns about the potential computer glitches and issues associated with the transition from 1999 to 2000.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/vocabulary-spotlight-00s-slang/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 discuss lesser-known national holidays in the United States.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/culture-corner-federal-american-holidays/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 the differences between the homophones to, too, and two.Transcript:00:00:00JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here today with my co-host social and this is the grammar zone and in the grammar zone we like to answer your grammar questions and today's social. We've got some homophones and homophones are words that are.00:00:21JackThey sound the same, but they are spelled differently and have different meanings, and today we're looking at 22 and two.00:00:30JackSo 222 and the first one is TO what is that? What does 2 mean 2?00:00:38XochitlTO2 it's a.00:00:42XochitlIt goes in between.00:00:46XochitlLike UM.00:00:48XochitlI went to the store, so between the subject and the location for example.00:00:54JackRight, like a preposition, right? It's a preposition, yeah.00:00:58JackIn on at to something like that. Yeah. And you said it. It's used to indicate direction, destination or a recipient. Right. I gave something to the manager. You know, something like that.00:01:13XochitlYes, and it doesn't have to be a physical thing like you can. If you scolded kids, you can say I gave them a talking to.00:01:22JackOhh that's a good expression right there. Uh, talking to right means uh like uh yeah scolding right? Or a lecture? Something like that, but not a classroom lecture but like a like a discipline kind of situation, you know.00:01:38XochitlYes, yes.00:01:40JackGood, OK. Uh, what about TO?00:01:46XochitlTwo is like also it means also and.00:01:53XochitlIt means ohh like you went to this.00:01:57XochitlDoor and bought some coffee.00:02:01XochitlUMI bought coffee too TO you. Also bought coffee. So anywhere that you can replace also with TO then you know that's the correct 2.00:02:13JackExactly. And whereas 2T O is a preposition TO is an adverb, which means like you said also or in addition to, you know or in addition, yeah so.00:02:27JackI want some ice cream and she wants some too or she wants some also. Yeah. Same meaning also too.00:02:39JackAll right. Our last one is TW O2.00:02:44XochitlEW O2 is 2, as in the number, so any place where you could replace the number 2 for TWO that's correct to use.00:02:56XochitlLike I have two cartoons of milk.00:02:59JackRight.00:03:00JackThere are two hosts.00:03:02JackOf the A-Z English podcast.00:03:07XochitlYes, that.00:03:09JackYeah. So to remember the difference, think of two TO as indicating a direction.00:03:17JackThink of to O2 as meaning also or in addition, and it has an extra O for more, so there's a little trick to remembering it and TW O as the number two it has a W for double.00:03:38JackAs in the number 2. So those are just some little tricks you can use to remember the differences.00:03:48XochitlAll right, students, if that makes sense to you. If you have any further questions that you would like to ask us, make sure to leave a comment down below at A-Z. Englishpodcast.com, shoot us an e-mail at at ozenglishpodcast@gmail.com. So Jack and I can answer your questions or join the conversation.00:04:05XochitlAnd we chat or WhatsApp and we'll see you guys next time. Bye bye.00:04:08JackBye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/grammar-zone-to-too-two/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, Jack test Xochitl on her knowledge of 90s slang!Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm with my co-host social today and we are doing a vocabulary Spotlight episode and to continue the theme of the last couple of weeks we're doing 90s slang this week.00:00:22Jack90 slang so social. Are you ready?00:00:27XochitlYes, I am ready.00:00:28JackThis is straight up. This is little Jack in high school talking with his friends, using expressions like this first one.00:00:38JackAll that and a bag of chips.00:00:42XochitlUh. Cringe. Expressions, in other words.00:00:48JackWhat does it mean?00:00:50XochitlUM, all that in the bag of chips. Actually, I heard my millennial sister use that and it means.00:00:59XochitlIt's like, uh, if you see a really pretty girl and she's really popular, she's a cheerleader captain, and she's really smart and everything. And you say, man, she's all that and a bag of chips.00:01:13JackIt's really a dumb expression. I mean, when I think about it.00:01:17XochitlI know, I guess. I guess like it comes to when you eat stuff and you have like all that food and a bag of chips on.00:01:24XochitlTop of that maybe so.00:01:26JackI think it I think it, I think it just means like a bag of chips are like something good. Like chips are good, right everyone likes.00:01:32JackChips. And so you're everything.00:01:38JackEven a bag of chips on top of that like.00:01:41JackLike you're you're more. You're just like Infinity plus one. You know, you're all that.00:01:48JackPlus, a bag of chips.00:01:51JackI don't know. What do you think about my what's how does my theory hold up there?00:01:57XochitlUM.00:01:58XochitlI don't know. I don't that one does confuse me, Jack. I'm not gonna lie that.00:02:02XochitlOne gets me.00:02:03JackAlright, I I I still I'm. I'm still holding on to. I think like your Infinity, you're everything. Plus you're even more than everything. You're like everything and.00:02:14JackA bag of chips.00:02:15XochitlYeah, I guess I think that that is I agree with that with that theory.00:02:21JackOK.00:02:23JackUM #2.00:02:28JackPHAT.00:02:31XochitlUM, fat PHAT. That's a good thing. Ohh man, that's fat. Like that's cool. That's it's a positive. It's a positive thing.00:02:42JackYeah, right. Exactly what, that's what the definition here says. Excellent. Cool or attractive? Ah, that's fat.00:02:53JackBe careful where you use this one. You know, uh, but uh, my understanding is that this is an acronym that means pretty hot and tempting.00:03:05XochitlOhh interesting. I never knew about that.00:03:08JackI have no idea if that's true.00:03:09JackOr not, but that's.00:03:10JackWhat I heard through the Grapevine.00:03:13JackPretty hot and tempting. Excellent. Cool. Attractive fat. OK, fly.00:03:22JackThat girls fly.00:03:26XochitlThat girls fly.00:03:29XochitlIt just means cool again, like she's cool. She's there. There was a song that would go like, so hot, so fly or something. And that came out in like the 2000s or early 2000s, I think. But yeah, it just means cool. She's cool.00:03:43JackI think people still use it right, like.00:03:46JackMiss floss? No, maybe not.00:03:49XochitlThey but but they I think they probably did like in the two 2000s.00:03:55JackYeah, yeah, yeah. Here it just says stylish or fashionable, like fly, like you like well dressed, well presented. Very attractive. Yeah. Fly.00:04:07JackCool, yeah.00:04:10JackAll right. How can I do? OK, maybe I should start doing this at the end of every podcast. I should say Boo. Yeah.00:04:23XochitlYeah, I know what this means, but it's hard to define it. It's like, let's say that you turn around and shoot a basketball over your head and it goes into the basket and you're like, yeah, Boo. Yeah. Like, and Kim. Possible bone stoppable. Used to say this.00:04:42XochitlAll the time like like like it just means like he got it like it's like.00:04:43JackOK.00:04:48XochitlYou know what I mean? Like.00:04:49JackIt's it's such a basketball. It's so it's so like NBA related to me in my mind, like when someone shoots a basket, shoots and they and they score a basket and as it falls through the hoop, they're like Boo. Yeah, you know, I got it. I did it.00:04:55XochitlYeah, I agree.00:05:05XochitlThat's money that both of our examples were basketball related.00:05:08JackYeah, that's really the only place I ever really heard it often, you know.00:05:12XochitlI heard it in the in the UM.00:05:16XochitlThe cartoon Kim possible. Ron stoppable? Uh. Anytime he would do something right, which is rare, he would go.00:05:18JackOK.00:05:22XochitlBoo. Yeah, like.00:05:24JackYeah, yeah, I do. I used to say it to my daughter. It's just like a joke and be like, you know, like, I would do something, you know, like, throw, throw a piece of paper into the basket, into the garbage, you know. And then if it or throw a can into the recycler box, and then if the can goes in.00:05:44JackI I always say Boo. Yeah, you know, like I got it. I made it.00:05:51JackOK.00:05:52JackUM, social talk to the hand.00:05:56XochitlOh, my God, that's so cringe. Jack. That is so cringe it no, please don't make me to find this one in like, 2000 and 90s movies. It's like the mean girl. Oh, my God, I thought.00:06:13JackYeah, we used to do it all the time because you can see right now the the gesture that I'm making too is I'm putting. I'm putting, like, my hand up in front of my and I'm kind of shaking it back and forth a little bit.00:06:22JackI'm like, talk to the pain, yeah.00:06:24XochitlThere was a a meme recently that I saw where someone said that we really used to let Mean Girls bully us by saying talk to the hand. Ohh, it's so crazy. It just means like talk to the hand because the face is not listening or whatever it is.00:06:42XochitlCause like we just tell someone to get lost basically, but it's.00:06:45JackIt's a.00:06:45JackA it's.00:06:46JackLike dismissing someone, right? It's like I'm not listening to you talk to my hand because my face is. I'm not. I'm not even listening to you. Just talk to my hand. It's a very disrespect.00:06:57JackCool. Although if somebody did it to me today, I would just laugh, you know, because.00:07:05JackIt would be. You might as well use 1940s expressions. At this point, you know.00:07:12XochitlMm-hmm. Yeah.00:07:13JackYeah, I don't know. I don't think anyone understands it anymore or uses it.00:07:17XochitlMany people do understand it, but it's like so cringy. It's like it's chuggy, as Jensen would say. It's just like, Oh my God, it's really cringe. It hasn't pulled too far. It hasn't cycled far enough to just be like.00:07:25JackThere you go.00:07:30XochitlLike a gag me with a spoon or something. It's still really cringe to me anyway.00:07:35JackYeah, I mean it's it's it'll it'll someday reach gagging with the spoon level of cringing Ness.00:07:43XochitlRight. It's not there yet.00:07:44JackYeah, it's not there yet, but it's it's close.00:07:47JackAll right, this one is from a very popular Budweiser commercial.00:07:53JackAnd is what's up?00:07:58XochitlUM.00:08:00XochitlOhh right, it's just it's. It just means what's up, basically. But I remember that commercial everyone like.00:08:07XochitlWhat's up?00:08:08JackWhat's up? What's up? Yeah.00:08:11XochitlYeah, people would still like, well, my sister's friends would, like, do that joke sometimes, but none of us, like, knew where it was from, I think.00:08:19JackRight, because it.00:08:20JackWas a Super Bowl commercial from like 1997 or something.00:08:24XochitlI'm sure it's like their parents would do it, like as a joke or something. And then.00:08:29JackOh, I've got my parents. Joke is coming up soon. What they what they do like? They're what they cause the. That's their not their generation, but them trying to do 90 slang is is coming up soon.00:08:41XochitlOh my God, cringe.00:08:42JackOK. Then then it's it's, it's super cringe the the cringiest of the cringe, this one is alright, like the bomb.00:08:52XochitlOhh, the bomb. It just means like ohh that's so cool. That's so great. Like Ohh that restaurant with the bomb. Yeah. There's food was really good.00:09:02JackI still use this one. I might I might, I might throw it in there once in a while just to spice things up. I might say that meal was the bomb. That was. Yeah, I don't. I say the bomb because, duh, bomb sounds a little is I I don't feel like I have the privilege.00:09:06XochitlSome people like you.00:09:14XochitlYeah, you're the whitest man ever is so cringe like I say being bum because the bum feels a little like. Sorry, Jack, I'm not trying to laugh.00:09:26JackIt feels like cultural appropriation to me, so yeah.00:09:32XochitlIt's so funny though. No, but you're such a dag.00:09:37JackI it's true. I I, I've I, I embrace it. I accept my, my, my, my cringe. So the bomb definitely not cool.00:09:45XochitlYou're Jimmy, dad roll.00:09:49JackWhy that meal was the bomb. Let's get the bill. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. That was crazy.00:09:59JackBut it'd be worse if I said alright, homies, let's go. That meal was the bomb.00:10:06XochitlYeah, that would be work.00:10:08JackWhat is a homie, homie?00:10:10XochitlYeah, a homie is like a friend. Yeah, basically chilling with the homies. People still say that it just means to the friends.00:10:18JackYeah, my homie. Yeah, no, I don't say this one because I I don't know. It just feels like I I don't know. I I've never really.00:10:26XochitlLike if you don't have home, you have friends.00:10:28XochitlLike, let's be real.00:10:29JackI have friends I don't really have homies. Yeah, exactly, exactly.00:10:33JackUM, it's weird. It's weird that I used the bomb, but I won't use homey. Hmm, I should probably invert those. OK.00:10:44JackThis is the worst, OK?00:10:46JackUM. If somebody said to us put uh social, nice podcast not.00:10:57발표자What does it mean?00:10:57XochitlOhh yeah, it just means.00:11:00XochitlIt's so cringe again. It's so chuggy and like freaking ridiculous, but it's just like they're making fun of us. Like, ohh, they're being like sarcastic. Kind of, but not really. Like it's like it's like the skim milk of sarcasm or something.00:11:19JackYeah, it's the the wonder bread of of sarcasm.00:11:23JackI mean, it's basically you just say something nice to someone and then you just totally reverse it by saying not so like like a mean girl in school, like a bully might walk up to the like, you know, not cool girl and.00:11:36JackSay I like your shirt.00:11:39JackNot like that. And So what it means is I don't like your shirt. It's but you. You make someone feel good for a second, and then you negate it by saying not meaning. I take it.00:11:52발표자Right.00:11:53XochitlRight. Yeah, basically, yeah.00:11:55JackBut anyone that uses those jokes so that those are those are my parents and and like uncles and aunts will throw a not joke in once in a while.00:12:05JackAnd uh, and every time they do, you can just like the the younger kids and you know, the the next the the kids in the family.00:12:14JackJust their eyes almost roll out of their heads, you know, because we're just like, it's so like you said, cringey to, like, listen to a boomer make a not joke. Ohh.00:12:27XochitlOh, God. Oh my God. That would be so bad.00:12:29JackGag me with a spoon. Bars. Barf. Exactly. OK, the last one is chilling. And what are you doing if you're chilling?00:12:45XochitlChilling we we still use that like chilling with the homies, like hanging out, just hanging out and having a good time.00:12:53JackChilling out relaxing.00:12:56JackHanging out. Yeah, yeah, I use this one. Chill. We. I mean it's it's it's party. It's part of our podcast. The Jack and chill.00:13:05XochitlYeah, yeah. Can show podcast.00:13:07JackRight, it's a pun because your name is social, but you're also too, too chill is to like, hang out to chill. Relax. So yeah.00:13:16JackPerfect.00:13:18JackAlright, that's our last one.00:13:22XochitlOh, OK, that's a lost one. Alright, listeners. Well, if you have any more questions or you'd like to hear about more slang, let us know. We'll definitely be continuing this series. So TuneIn next time to listen to Jack question me about 2000 slang. And then after that I'm getting him back with 2020 and 2020. So don't worry.00:13:40JackRight, right.00:13:42XochitlAnd we will see you guys next time. Make sure to leave a comment down below at our A-Z English podcast dot.00:13:48XochitlCom shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com and join our WeChat WhatsApp groups to join the conversation and we'll see you guys next time. 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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss whether or not it is legal to shoot and kill an intruder in the United States.Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are in the culture corner. And so so we've got a really weird question today from students. But I mean, it makes sense. Like, if you watch the news in America, I kind of understand why they would.00:00:21JackBe interested in this topic and so I think you and I can do our best. We're not law enforcement experts or anything like that. We're just going based on our understanding of our own.00:00:32JackCulture. But the question is, is it true that in the United States, if an intruder comes into your home, you are allowed to kill the person and you won't have to face any charges, so you won't go to jail for killing that person?00:00:54XochitlI think in general it's true, but I do want to like, say, a caveat that it really depends like state by state states have stronger like standard ground laws and like gun laws and stuff like ones that you in the right more so, but other ones are like a little more strict because the US doesn't have a central government.00:01:15XochitlLike, it's not like the federal government dictates.00:01:18XochitlThings for every state across the board, the states kind of make their own legislation and a lot of the federal laws are just like guidelines. So.00:01:28JackAnd it's a federation of states since and, which means that each state can experiment with with laws that are a little bit different than other states, but they're still federal law, which is the the which is is the law for everybody. So it's kind of weird. Some laws apply to every every state and some laws.00:01:44XochitlRight, that's.00:01:48JackAre just in one state or another state.00:01:52XochitlRight, right. And so there are certain things that are like federal crimes, obviously doesn't matter what state you're in, but there are other ones that it does vary by state and gun laws and standard ground laws and things like that and self-defense laws do vary by state. So that makes it a little complicated. But on the whole, I would say.00:02:16XochitlYou're probably more likely to get away with claiming self-defense by shooting an intruder that entered your home. Then you would be in many other countries.00:02:28JackYeah. Now I agree with everything you just said. I think it's great then and there's a couple of other things that I want to add to this too. Statistically, if you have a gun in your house, you are much more likely to instead of killing an intruder, you are much more likely to kill a member of your family or yourself.00:02:48JackLike statistically, uh, you know.00:02:52JackYou hear some sound in your in your kitchen. You grab your gun.00:02:57JackYou walk in there, you see a shadowy figure. You shoot that person. Ohh, no, that's not your that's not your an intruder. It's your your husband or wife making a midnight snack. You know. I mean, how many times has that happened? I think this is like a real problem.00:03:17JackWith, with with the guns in America, the, the, the way we think about guns.00:03:24JackAs a good guy, shooting a bad guy. Yeah, it's it's easy in the movies, it's very clean and simple. But in real life, it's very dangerous and and often it doesn't work out the way we think it will.00:03:39XochitlYeah, there are tons of super sad stories. Like there's some that I've read. For example, there was one where a girl was hiding in a closet to prank. I think her friend who was like in the house, who was cleaning his gun and they were. I want to say like they were.00:03:58XochitlTeenagers, I think.00:04:00XochitlAnd he was cleaning a gun in the household and she jumped out of the closet and scared him, and he shot her and killed her.00:04:09JackYeah, this happens all the time in America. Little little children will find a gun and and and shoots. You know their brother or sister or themselves accidentally playing with a gun that they found. It's it happens all the time in America.00:04:11XochitlAnd yeah, it happened.00:04:28JackI mean it is.00:04:30JackReally a travesty and a tragedy. There's something called the in America. We have something called the castle doctrine. Every person's house is considered their castle and you have the right to reasonably defend yourself.00:04:50JackNow there's another case in Minnesota, which is really interesting. I don't know, maybe, you know, this social. I listen to a lot of true crime, so I know a lot of stories.00:05:01JackLike this and this man's house. He had been uh. People, had young teenagers, teenagers in the city had broken into his house several times, so maybe three or four times. And he called the police and they never caught the the kids. So what he did was he parked his car behind his house.00:05:23JackTo make it look like his house was empty for Thanksgiving.00:05:27JackAnd then he got his gun and he went into the basement and he just was reading a book for a couple of hours, waiting for someone to break into his house. He knew they were going to come into his.00:05:38JackHouse once they came into it, then the two kids broke into his house.00:05:44JackOne kid walked down stairs. He shot and killed that kid. The other one came down. She screamed unarmed. She didn't have a gun.00:05:54JackAnd he shot her anyway. And then while she was injured, he executed her.00:06:01JackAnd recorded the whole thing on audio and it. And in Minnesota, that was considered murder. He murdered those kids. He did not. It was not reasonable for him to kill them. They they did not need to die. He could have just stopped them with his gun.00:06:22JackYou know, called the police, had them arrested, but instead he decided that he was going to execute them and kill them. And in that case, which is an extreme case, I I feel sorry for him that his house had been broken into, but his actions were considered murder. So in that.00:06:39JackCase breaking an invader came into his house. He was not allowed to kill them. So it, like you said in the beginning, state by state it's different. It's different in Texas. I think he might have been acquitted and not and found not guilty but it.00:06:56XochitlYeah, I think maybe in Texas or Florida, some of those states that have pretty lenient laws and you probably would.00:07:04JackYes, yes.00:07:05XochitlWhich I personally I don't know how you feel, Jack. I personally think I do think it sucks that people.00:07:09XochitlWere breaking into.00:07:10XochitlHis home. But I I don't think you should execute teenagers.00:07:15JackNo, I don't think you have the. You don't get to be judge, jury and executioner in America. You know, you get to regionally, you reasonably defend yourself, scare them away, get them out of there, call the police and let the police take care of it. It's not your job to to be a a judge and A and an execution.00:07:21XochitlShouldn't get to but a.00:07:22XochitlLot of people have.00:07:34JackSo I, you know, and I'm also.00:07:36JackVery, very anti gun. I don't think we need guns. I I think we have this.00:07:45JackWell, let's not get into the whole gun.00:07:46JackDebate right now.00:07:47JackThat's another conversation.00:07:48XochitlNo, but no. I agree. Jack and I are on the same side of this gun debate, though. It's just as Jack says. I think just in a reductionist way. It you're just much more likely to kill some yourself or someone in your family than you are. Or make a grave mistake that you will.00:07:53JackI see.00:08:06XochitlGreat. Then you are to really.00:08:10XochitlSave or protect yourself in any way, and as I say, a having a gun or owning a gun is an invitation to get shot as well. So you.00:08:19JackAbsolutely. And also like you said, that's you're much more likely to die by your own gun than you are by the gun of some intruder. So, I mean, I know it happens. People break into your house and stuff, but this idea that we're going to be, you know, getting gunfights like the Wild West like Cowboys, you know, back in the 1800s is.00:08:37XochitlRight.00:08:39JackIt's ridiculous.00:08:41JackAnd it needs to change, you know.00:08:41XochitlRight.00:08:44XochitlI do. I do want to make the last point on this for sure because some of our students, I imagine, may come to America someday or may come as exchange students or as international students. If you do so, you have to be extremely careful because there have been cases there was a case in Florida, for example, of a Japanese student.00:09:04XochitlWho? Umm, walked up to the wrong house for Halloween party and just they told him like Ohh just walk in when you get here. I think he he.00:09:08발표자Right.00:09:15XochitlOpened the door or something and was shot and killed. And obviously you don't want to be alarmist. You know, this isn't going to happen to any person, but I'll tell you myself when I actually realize that I've actually knocked on the wrong door. Whatever I do, book it out of there because you just never know what kind of nut case is going to be living.00:09:35JackYeah, and book it means means run away quickly. Like get out of there, you know.00:09:36XochitlIn the house.00:09:40XochitlRight. And in that case, means someone who's a little crazy. So you do want to get out of there because you just don't know.00:09:48XochitlWho could be living there and what their situation might be and what they think about intruders and stuff? So yeah, it is a case by case basis and there are some states where people own a lot more guns and the gun culture is a lot more insane, like in intense like Texas.00:10:05XochitlYeah, just.00:10:05JackAnd and unlike.00:10:06JackUnlike the the, you know what the what, the.00:10:09JackCommon like myths. You know that if you go to America, everyone's just, you know, shooting, you know, guns everywhere, you know, you're it's not like that. But but there is there are moments of of extreme gun violence that occur in America because there are so many guns and because the the.00:10:14발표자Pew Pew.00:10:19XochitlNo, no.00:10:29JackLaws surrounding guns are, quite frankly, crazy. If you ask me, I think we have crazy gun laws. So.00:10:35XochitlVery last.00:10:40JackJust be be be smart, keep you know, be be, uh, understand the situation, but you don't need to be in a full panic all the time.00:10:50XochitlRight.00:10:50JackYou know, while you're.00:10:51JackVisiting, you know?00:10:52XochitlRight. You, you you just need to be aware of your surroundings and just kind of aware of the situation. One last one that I think goes with this as well is that Jack, we're I'm curious, were you taught?00:11:07XochitlIn school, like how were you trained for school shootings as a kid? Because.00:11:12JackNo, this was not a thing. I'm I was born my graduated before Colon.00:11:16JackCombine so we we before the the first school shooting the not sorry not the first school shooting, the first kind of major school shooting that was really alarmed people was the Columbine shooting in 97. And and I was in college at that time.00:11:18XochitlOhh right.00:11:36JackAnd that was a a wake up call. You would think it was a wake up call for the America, but now we just have gotten used to these happening every week. You know, which again is in is is crazy that we live like this.00:11:54JackUM, so I never received that kind of training. We had tornado drills. That was it. And when I was young, but no school shooting drills, you must have experienced them all the time, right?00:12:06XochitlYeah. I grew up with.00:12:09XochitlShooting girls like we knew it would be like you would. They would announce over the intercom like there's a shooter or whatever and they wouldn't. So apparently they don't tell teachers whether it's fake or real, so you have to just pretend that it's real because you don't know and what you would have to do is.00:12:30XochitlUM, they would like lock the door and then everyone would like hide in the corner in the classroom where, like, you couldn't see. And so, like, The thing is also that classroom doors have one very tiny spin window in Kentucky because.00:12:48XochitlUh, that prevents like a shooter from being able to like shoot through the glass and open the door. And yeah, we would all have to hide and stuff and then they would like train you on like, if in your in the bathroom, put your feet up on the toilet and like, sit there and like have this like, lock the stall door.00:13:09XochitlAnd yeah, we were. We were trained and then the a police officer would knock on our door and then they would, like, open it with their own.00:13:19XochitlKey I think.00:13:19XochitlOr something like that and they would come in and and tell us one by one that the that it was over and.00:13:29JackThis is petrifying.00:13:29XochitlThat was it. That was.00:13:31JackEvery, every, every kid in your generation has post traumatic stress disorder. PTSD from this.00:13:37XochitlYeah, people wonder why we're such an anxious generations as the old Gen. Z and millennials. And it's because we were raised like this. This was something that was just par for the course, and we'd have these, like, probably once a month. So yeah.00:13:55JackSo listeners out there think about, just think about the insanity of that, that we have instead of making laws against taking people's guns away, we're just going to come up with.00:14:08JackHiding in a corner and locking the door of the school classroom, I mean. And now they're thinking about giving teachers guns so that they can fight back again. I mean, it's it's insane. It's insane.00:14:21XochitlWhich we know is just gonna end up with a teacher being way more likely to accidentally shoot a student or students shooting each other because also like I can only imagine that some students could just take the firearm off the teacher.00:14:36XochitlIt just would just.00:14:36JackThere's so many in in just dumb.00:14:40JackPolicies. Uh, policies that are that are.00:14:44JackPut forward.00:14:45XochitlIt's like just take the guns away in South Korea, the gun policy is so strict that even officers have to check out their own guns, even if you have a gun license, you have to check out your own gun and only have a certain number of bullets. And the first bullet chamber in South Korea on the guns for police officers is empty.00:14:45JackAround this issue.00:15:05XochitlIt's a blank chamber.00:15:07JackSo they can't accidentally just shoot you. Yeah, alright. Welcome to America, my friends.00:15:10XochitlYeah, exactly.00:15:14XochitlYeah, alright, listeners. Well, don't be too scared by our learned this conversation, but let us know what you think in the comments below and tell us what are the gun laws like in your country? I'm really curious to know how the gun laws are and how they operate in your country. If you have had anything like school shooter drills or anything at school.00:15:35XochitlOr any kind of other drills for natural or man made disasters. Let us know in the comments down below at A-Z englishpodcast.com shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com or join the WeChat or WhatsApp groups to join the conversation and we'll see you guys next.00:15:49XochitlTime bye bye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/culture-corner-is-it-true-that-you-can-shoot-and-kill-and-intruder-in-the-united-states/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 explain the meanings of the following three idioms:Fit as a fiddle: In excellent physical condition.Blessing in disguise: Something that initially seems bad but turns out to be good.A watched pot never boils: Time seems to move slower when you're anxiously waiting for something.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/idiom-academy-fit-as-a-fiddle-a-blessing-in-disguise-and-a-watched-pot-never-boils/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 discuss their future ambitions.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/topic-talk-ambition/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 discuss popular slang terms from the 1980s.Rad: Short for radical, meaning cool or awesome.Tubular: Another term for cool or excellent.Bodacious: Remarkable, outstanding, or attractive.Valley girl: A stereotype describing a fashionable and materialistic young woman, often associated with the San Fernando Valley in California.Cowabunga: A catchphrase popularized by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, expressing excitement.Totally tubular: Extremely cool or awesome.Fer sure, fer sure: Definitely, absolutely.As if!: Expression of disbelief or sarcasm.Barf me out: Expressing strong disapproval or disgust.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/vocabulary-spotlight-80s-slang/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 the differences between there, their, and they're.The words "there," "their," and "they're" are homophones, which means they sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Here's a breakdown of each:There:Definition: Used to indicate a place or location.Example: "I left my keys over there."Their:Definition: A possessive adjective indicating ownership by a group of people.Example: "The students forgot to take their books home."They're:Definition: A contraction of "they are."Example: "They're going to the movies tonight."To remember the difference:"There" has the word "here" in it, and both refer to a place or location."Their" has the word "heir" in it, suggesting ownership by a group."They're" is a contraction of "they are," so if you can replace it with "they are" in a sentence and it still makes sense, then you're using it correctly.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/grammar-zone-there-their-and-theyre/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 discuss what kinds of music Americans like to listen to.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/culture-corner-what-kind-of-music-do-americans-listen-to/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