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Michelle Kaplan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
628 total appearances

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All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

Or what are you implying when you use this word or expression?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So a word with a positive connotation has a good feeling to it.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

A negative connotation has more of a negative connotation.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

feeling to it, right?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

Sure.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

Yeah, because this can be different depending on the context.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So some words you hear it and it pretty much just has a negative or a positive.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

And then some of them are in between and you have to listen for the subtext.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

What are we actually saying?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So for example, this dress looks cheap.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

I shouldn't have bought it.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So would you say that's negative or positive?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

That's pretty negative, right?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

No, you're just saying that they're affordable.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So this is a positive thing here.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So same word, different connotation, depending on how you're using it, depending on the context, the tone, right?

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

Yeah, this is an interesting one as well.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So I love talking with her because she always brings different ideas to the table.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

Yep.

All Ears English Podcast
AEE: What Are You Really Saying? Subtext and Connotation in English

So, for example, oh, your outfit, it's different, right?