Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Are the numbers numbering when it comes to your English learning? Today, find out just how common this expression is becoming and how to use it.
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Chapter 2: How can I become fearless and fluent in English?
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Hey there, Michelle. How's it going today? Everything is good. Lindsay, what was your favorite subject in school? Was it math by any chance? Oh my gosh, absolutely not, Michelle.
It was not math. It was not math. It was probably, I always was interested in when I got older, anthropology and cultures, that kind of thing, which makes sense. What about you? Were you a math girl?
You know, in middle school, I'm not saying that I'm... I think now it's been so long I'm really bad at math, but growing up, I actually didn't mind math. That's good. Yeah. So... But it was not my favorite subject. I mean, I always like, I mean, I'm like you, right? I like learning about cultures.
I mean, like, you know, in grade school, of course, I liked, you know, the reading and anything liberal artsy I like. Yes.
Yes. So on today's show, we're going to talk a little bit about a unique and fun expression that Michelle, you and I have both been hearing a lot lately. So we decided that this must be covered on the show, right?
I mean, definitely.
Yes. So what is the expression for today? Let's just not leave our listeners in the lurch. It is the math isn't mathing. The math isn't mathing. Michelle, what was the last time you heard this? Like, did you hear it over the weekend or anything?
I mean, I think in like the last week, I mean, sometimes I'll hear it twice in one day. Yes. It's really common. I might hear it on the news. On the news. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What does 'the math isn't mathing' mean?
I might hear on the news. I might hear it on like, like more like talking heads news. Sure. Right. Then just like a straight up. Oh, this is what happened. Not investigative reporting. Right. Right. Exactly. So but what about you? You said you heard it over the weekend.
Yeah. Yeah, I think I heard. So we are having currently a disaster.
Chapter 4: How do real English conversations differ from textbook English?
We're renovating our kitchen. We're renovating our whole house. Everything's up in the air right now, Michelle, in my life. So we had the construction company measure our kitchen. So a lot of mistakes were made. And what's happening is the cabinets don't fit. They've all been unboxed, halfway installed, and the math isn't mathing in terms of the measurements. Yeah. It doesn't work.
It doesn't fit in the kitchen. It's a disaster.
And yeah, so I've heard this a lot. Yeah, definitely. So but I mean, grammatically, what? Like, it's like, that's not a thing. Why are we?
That's not correct grammar math it's not technically correct grammar but who cares right we're having fun here it's playful grammar so we'll take that because it builds connection it's for the sake of the expression it's fun it's unique it makes the expression playful bouncy fun interesting
Right?
Yeah.
Or? Sometimes I even hear the math ain't mathing. Oh, man. It's even taking it further. Yeah. Another step further. Yeah. So we're going to talk about what this expression actually means in a second. But first, we want to say thank you so much to our reviewers. Yeah.
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Chapter 5: What are examples of when 'the math isn't mathing' can be used?
Like suspicious.
Listening to our intuition. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.
Yeah.
Or it doesn't make sense. This would have been the more straightforward thing to say. Right. The more common. That doesn't make sense. We should ask her what she means. Yeah. Okay.
Mm hmm.
Or you could say, Michelle, something is off, right?
Something is off here. Can we clarify this? So, you know, you can just see these are a little bit more neutral, right? They're not as playful. Yeah, not quite as playful. The math isn't mathing is kind of one you want to... Add a little bit extra personality in here. So I saw, have you ever heard someone say the numbers aren't numbering?
I haven't, but I think it makes total sense because they're just modeling what we do with the math isn't mathing, right?
Exactly. It's the same structure. It's different words, but the same idea. But I did see when I was researching this episode that sometimes that can be used as well. I haven't heard that one, but you might hear it. But you might hear, yeah, I can't get this calculation right. The numbers aren't numbering. And yeah, go ahead. You can. This is an interesting because this is a known expression.
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