Proper English18 Maj 2021

Proper English S2 E44 - TIAs and Other Abbreviations

This week, we're all about abbreviations - and our intrepid detectives, Davidson and Roberts are illustrating the idiom 'On the QT' while on a stakeout.

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This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

...and this is the Davidson and Roberts theme:

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We also used the following sound from Freesound:

cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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