9/18/2023 0 Comments Slang for hogwash![]() ![]() But the choice of words – well, that’s the charm of English too! So let’s go slightly ‘off the beaten track’ today. But it’s not that you have to know all of them – English speakers don’t know all the words in English. So the variety of words in English give difficulty, the sheer choice of words you can use makes it harder. And ‘notorious’ means ‘well known for something that gives difficulties, well-known for making trouble’. ‘Notorious’ is an adjective and ‘notoriously’ is the adverb – and ‘notoriety’ is the noun. And notoriously, one of the difficulties in learning English is the number of words. So English is a colourful language, with many more thousands of words than you really need. Her answer, ‘Poppycock, balderdash and piffle’! My 18 year old daughter said that sometimes, when she’s ‘lost in YouTube’, when she’s following the recommended next video, that she might end up following say, ‘funny English words’. ‘What shall I do for the Adept English short podcast this week?’ I said. This comes from a conversation with my daughter. Let’s do some funny English vocabulary today. Hi there and welcome to this podcast from Adept English. Transcript: Enjoy Poppycock Balderdash And Piffle As You Learn Spoken English You can still download and listen to this lesson as part of one of our podcast bundles. ![]() Listen To The Audio Lesson Now The mp3 audio and pdf transcript for this lesson is now part of the Adept English back catalogue. Just because I have to tolerate a good deal of UK lock-down rules it feels good and hopefully you will enjoy the humour and take a brief break for yourself to smile and relax today, don't forget to take care and look after yourself. Today I felt like bending my rule a little bit. I know that we often state and rightly focus on contemporary English phrases and vocabulary, saying there is no point in learning dead English, it’s a waste of your precious time. Who knows, we might even bring some of these words back to life if you think they deserve it. It was like re-discovering better times, maybe nostalgic, but funny enough and interesting enough to help our English language students practice some English vocabulary and phrases. We then talked about list of English words that often mean the same thing, often used in a humorous way which had us both laughing out loud. Later I overheard a politician on TV using one of those words. The reason this podcast came about is my daughter was looking at YouTube and watching a video of funny English words. ![]() Just relax and smile as you learn spoken English with us today. Today we have an odd lesson where we talk about some old-fashioned English words and English phrases, which admittedly you might not hear that much, but when you hear them, you might be interested to know what they are, and how to pronounce them. How To Learn Spoken English Through Listening ![]()
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