Special Guest Mark Steel joins me to discuss cultural and linguistic differences between the UK and France, plus accents in the UK and a little tour of some places in the UK that you don't know about. Also includes a discussion of swearing and rude language in Britain. What is the R word which you should never say in a specific part of the UK? Listen on to find out.
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Contents
0:00:00 Introduction
0:08:08 Interview starts
00:09:48 Traffic arguments and anger in Paris and London
00:17:42 Parisian 'rudeness' is funny / Ticket office at Gare du Nord
00:22:38 English people can be rude too / The P&O Ferry office at Dover
00:24:57 English people don't learn other languages, but we should
00:28:00 Funny French expressions
00:31:35 Learning French
00:33:42 The Dunning Kruger Effect
00:37:06 Why Brits are bad at learning languages
00:38:50 Advice for language learners
00:39:45 Why Netflix is not the best listening practice
00:41:09 Mark's scary horror movie experience
00:41:50 Funny phrases (oh my giddy aunt, bloody nora)
00:43:07 Where Mark comes from / accent
00:46:43 Dungeness Power Station
00:47:51 Mark's accent
00:48:53 Mark Steel's in Town
00:50:34 Newport
00:55:17 Nottingham
00:56:16 It's looking black over Bill's mother's
00:57:56 What Mark's learned about the country
00:58:59 Fanny's Cafe
00:59:34 Northampton Family Planning Advice
01:02:00 The Left Lion in Nottingham
01:04:40 Liverpool
01:06:51 Ireland
01:07:52 England / Scotland / Berwick upon Tweed
01:08:32 Accent "holes"
01:10:18 Accent diversity
01:11:14 City Accents vs Country Accents
01:13:37 Sheffield
01:14:18 Swearing

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