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English Today
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The Heathrow Experience
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Received Pronunciation
• RP• The Queen’s English
• BBC accent
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The decline of RP
“The number of people using a non-regionally tinged RP accent has fallen greatly. Estimates of usage in the 1980s were that between 3 and 5 per cent of the British population still used it - around 2 million. This must now be less than 2 per cent and falling.”
- David Crystal
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“It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making another Englishman hate him or despise him.”
- George Bernard Shaw
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Do you “talk posh”?
• Dinner or lunch?• Napkin or serviette?• Sweet or pudding?• Lounge or sitting
room?• Settee or sofa?• Loo or toilet?• Pardon or sorry?
• Lunch• Napkin• Pudding• Sitting room
• Sofa• Loo• Sorry
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Six Nations Are We, Proud, Celtic & Free
• Scots• Irish• Welsh• Cornish• Bretons• Manx
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Welsh
22% Welsh population speak Welsh (611,000)
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A Conversation On The Streets Of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysi
liogogogoch
• Prynhawn da, Bronwen!• Prynhawn da, Dai! Sut
mae?• Da iawn, dioch. Mae
hi’n heulog heddiw, ond yw hi?
• Mae hi’n braf.• Da boch chi!• Hwyl!
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Words of Welsh origin
bard, booth, corgi, crag, druid, flannel,flummery, penguin, pout, whelk
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Scottish
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Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling. Ah wis jist sitting thair focusing oan the telly, tryin no tae notice him. He wis bringing me doon. Ah tried tae keep my attention oan the Jean-Claude Van Damme video.
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Estuary English
Dropped aitchesThe glottal stop‘v’ or ‘f’ for ‘th’
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Estuary English
He had a bit of bread with a little bit of butter on it.
‘e ‘ad a bi’ uv bread wiv a li’le bi’ uv bu’er on i’.
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Regional accents
• Mancunian• Scouse• Brummie• Cockney
• Manchester• Liverpool• Birmingham• London
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Brummie
• My night-light is quite bright
• Moi noight-loight is quoite broight
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Mancunian
• They haven’t been lucky; they’re very poor.
• They’ve not been lookeh; they’re very pooweh.
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Scouse
• I started school in Liverpool. It was horrible.
• I staarted skyule in Liverpyule. It was haarible.
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Which variety of English?
I parked my ute outside the bottle shop on my way to the barbie because I thought I’d better get some tinnies. You see, the host of the party was a Pommie, so I knew the tucker wouldn’t be much good.
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Which variety of English?
I parked my ute outside the bottle shop on my way to the barbie because I thought I’d better get some tinnies. You see, the host of the party was a Pommie, so I knew the tucker wouldn’t be much good.
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Which variety of English?
I parked my SUV outside the liquor store on my way to the barbecue because I thought I’d better get a six-pack. You see, the host of the party was a limey, so I knew the chow wouldn’t be much good.
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Which variety of English?
I parked my four wheel drive outside the off licence on my way to the barbecue because I thought I’d better get some cans of beer. You see, the host of the party was a Brit, so I knew the nosh wouldn’t be much good.
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Which variety of English?
I parked my bakkie outside the off licence on my way to the braai because I thought I’d better get some cans of beer. You see, the host of the party was a pommie, so I knew the food wouldn’t be much good.
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What do these signs tell you about the world today?
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Hinglish
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Hinglish
Life ho to aisi (Coca Cola)
Life should be like this
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Hinglish
Life ho to aisi (Coca Cola)
Hungry kya?(Domino’s Pizza)
Life should be like this
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Hinglish
Life ho to aisi (Coca Cola)
Hungry kya?(Domino’s Pizza)
Life should be like this
Are you hungry?
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Hinglish
Life ho to aisi (Coca Cola)
Hungry kya?(Domino’s Pizza)
What your bahana is?(McDonalds)
Life should be like this
Are you hungry?
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Hinglish
Life ho to aisi (Coca Cola)
Hungry kya?(Domino’s Pizza)
What your bahana is?(McDonalds)
Life should be like this
Are you hungry?
What’s your excuse?
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Pidgin
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Singlish
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Singlish: topic prominence
• Dis country weather very hot one. • Dat person dere cannot trust. • He play soccer also very good one leh.
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Singlish: reduplication
• You want raise from boss? Wait long long ah.
• You go ting ting a little bit, maybe den you get answer.
• We two fren-fren one.
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Singlish: discourse particles
• Dis ticket seriously ex leh.• Dun have work to do, den go home lor.• Dun know oreddy lah!
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A Singlish dialogue A Oi, de boss, he arrow me
check his email, but dis computer, how I switch on?
B Don’t be so kayu, lah. Switch is round backside.
A What? Sorry but I no catch ball, man.
B You blur as sotong. Round backside!
A Wah, you so yah yah.
• The boss has told me to check his email but how do I switch this computer on?
• Don’t be so stupid. The switch is at the back.
• What? I don’t understand. • You are as confused as an
octopus! It’s at the back.• No need to be so bossy!
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The Welsh puzzle
22% Welsh population speak Welsh (611,000)
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Chinglish
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Geordie
• The other night our son was going home late when he fell down a large hole.
• The other nee-ut wor lad were gannin hyem lee-ut when he fill doon a gree-ut hoo-ul.
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What do you teach? And what do your students learn? Are they the
same thing?
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Which of these statements do you think is most inaccurate?
• 85% of web pages on the Internet are in English.
• 1 in 10 schoolchildren in UK speak a language other than English at home.
• Only 1 out of every 4 users of English in the world is a native speaker.
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Cockney rhyming slang
• 1 Choose your target word
• 2 Choose a phrase that rhymes with it
• 3 Drop the rhyming word
• “I like your new whistle.”
• Suit
• Whistle and flute
• Whistle (and flute)
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Cockney rhyming slang
• Have you got any bread?
• Alright, my old China?
• Are you telling porkies?
• Let’s have a butchers
• Stop rabbiting
• Bread and honey (money)
• China plate (mate)
• Pork pies (lies)
• Butcher’s hook (look)
• Rabbit and pork (talk)
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A Cockney rabbit
• Wotcher, me old China!• Awright, mate. ‘ow’s fings?• Can’ complain. • Oi! Whassat ven? Le’s ‘ave a butchers.• ’s an iPhone, vat is. • Are you tellin’ porkies? Where d’ya get ve
bread for vat ven?• I’m no’ tellin’ you! La’er!
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Cockney rhyming slang
• I saw him walking down the frog.
• frog and toad• road