909. The Existential Threat of AI to Human Civilisation 😃 (Topic & Vocabulary)

(Part 2 of 2) Let's continue where we stopped in the last episode, by going through the rest of my list of funny English signs 🪧 from around the world. These signs are badly-written and have unintent...

3 Des 202458min

Let's look at some funny examples of badly-worded signs from around the world (including UK & USA), which show the ambiguity and unintended consequences of unclear English. I analyse lots of signs, ex...

26 Nov 20241h 14min

Responding to comments from listeners on various episodes in the LEP archives, including how to get a TEFL certificate, linking /r/ sounds, being a fly on the wall, singular "they", antique vs vintage...

12 Nov 20241h 8min

This is a free sample of LEP Premium. The episode contains clips from my recent premium series: P64, in which I told a couple of anecdotes about catching a cold and travelling to England with my two y...

5 Nov 20241h 13min

In this episode for Halloween I read out a classic work of gothic horror fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, then go through each line and explain vocabulary and discuss the themes and meanings of the story.�...

29 Okt 20241h 54min

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You can learn from it, but the frog dies in the process.Let me tell you 49 jokes (of varying quality). How many do you understand? I will explain all the j...

22 Okt 20241h 24min

This is the first part of a series in which I share various little things which I have collected over the years for this podcast, including questions about English, some interesting talking points and...

15 Okt 202458min