AEE 2583: Are You the Sandwich? Why Native Speakers Say This
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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2583. Are you the sandwich? Why native speakers say this? Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.
What does it mean to be 'the sandwich' in conversation?
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Hey, Aubrey. What's shaking? What's going on? Not too much. How are you, Lindsay? Good. But I had a little bit of a curiosity in my head today. Okay. Can I ask you a question? Yes. All right. So have you ever heard anyone say the phrase, I'm the sandwich? I've heard that lately and I just don't even know what it means. Okay. So I just said this like two days ago and then I remembered this episode because I was at lunch and the server brought a salad and a sandwich and I said, I'm the sandwich. Oh, that's so funny that we say I'm the sandwich. Oh, I got it now. I got it. I got it. I ordered the sandwich. Okay. Okay. Because when I first I was like, what? No, we have this title. And Lindsay was like, what is this about?
I'm confused. It's such a funny and I'm excited to go in this actually was inspired by a misunderstanding in a recent roleplay. Lindsay, you were like reading the roleplay. And you said, I know I'm a bit out of the way. And you sort of got confused because you didn't realize you were referring to your house. house you're supposed to be referring to your house this is good it is so interesting it's very common in natural english especially in spoken informal conversations that we say i or me but that stands for something else the i so that's the point of today's episode i'm excited to get into this native speakers use i or me to stand for things like their house what they ordered at the restaurant their and i guess any pronoun because i could say he's the sandwich if and point out my husband if he's the one that ordered the sandwich right
Right, right, right, right. Or I think about I feel like oftentimes if you're on a bus with someone and you arrive at your bus stop, they say something like, oh, this is us, right? This is us. This is me. Oh, this is me. Where I would get off that bus stop. But you do need to get off of that bus stop. So this is what we're getting into, guys.
Why do native speakers use informal language like 'I'm the sandwich'?
This is a great theme today. This is all about connection because these moments really do matter, right? So go ahead and hit that follow button if you love our style of connection, not perfection. Or remember, today's episode is also on video over on YouTube. You can learn visually by watching us talk to each other on video. Go ahead and hit subscribe on the YouTube channel. Okay. Yes. Awesome. So let's dive into this. This is really fun. Maybe you guys have noticed this before. Maybe not. But you'll definitely hear it now. It's extremely common. Native speakers do it without even realizing they're doing it.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:16
2
What does it mean to be 'the sandwich' in conversation?
0:16–3:57
3
Why do native speakers use informal language like 'I'm the sandwich'?
3:57–5:08
4
How can understanding this phrase improve your English fluency?
5:08–9:45
5
What examples illustrate the use of 'this is me' in everyday conversation?
9:45–11:54
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How does context influence the meaning of phrases in English?
11:54–18:34
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