120. Americanisms (Part 1) What do British people think of American English?

Do you ever listen to songs and completely mishear the lyrics? I do it all the time. In fact, everybody does! Let's listen to some song extracts in which the lyrics don't quite sound as the singer int...

17 Juni 20151h 9min

What are the most common superstitions in the UK? What are the origins of these superstitions? Why do we believe these things? Are there any particular phrases in our language that relate to these sup...

14 Juni 20151h 16min

Welcome back to part 3 of this short series. In parts 1 and 2 we got to know my guest a bit, and talked about Northern Ireland. Now in part 3 we are going to have a good listen to Marcus's Northern Ir...

10 Juni 201559min

In part 1 of this episode we met Marcus Keeley. In part 2 we are going to talk specifically about Northern Ireland, its culture, the atmosphere there and things you can do if you visit as a tourist. T...

9 Juni 201525min

This episode is the first part of a conversation I had recently with a friend from Northern Ireland. It's the first time I've had someone from that part of the UK before so it's a chance to get to kno...

9 Juni 201549min

Please click here to take my survey. It'll just take you a couple of minutes and I don't need your name or email address. Thanks! Link here: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-48e  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

3 Juni 201510min

In this episode I'm responding to more questions from my listeners. These are all questions that found their way to me via the discussion forum or as comments or emails.  This one is Q&A Session #5. C...

2 Juni 20151h 9min

100 episodes ago I recorded The Phrasal Verb Chronicles #1 - remember that? The point of that episode was to improvise a made-up story as a way of reviewing the first 50 phrasal verbs from my other po...

29 Maj 20151h 13min