Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Hey, Lindsay. How's it going? Hey there, Aubrey. Sorry I was a bit late today.
Yeah, get it together, would ya?
I will try for next time. I actually literally was a bit late today.
That's funny. I wrote this tiny roleplay for us to use, would ya? But you were like one minute late. It was not much. Not a huge deal, but I'll try to avoid it next time, right? This is funny. In a recent roleplay, you said, hey, don't dawdle, would ya? And we realized we need to do a follow-up about would ya and will ya.
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Chapter 2: What is the focus of today's episode on English street language?
Exactly. Like, as a kid, we observe our parents, like, maybe correcting each other or choosing certain language, and we're not sure why.
Right. It's interesting. So interesting. And coming up with examples for this episode, it was interesting how some of them sounded so rude to me. But then others, I'm like, okay, I could hear that among friends, but they were very informal.
So context really matters. Guys, hit the follow button if you love our style. It's all about connection here on the show. Connection, not perfection. All right. Yes.
And we are going to be talking about intonation a lot because that matters a lot too. A few of these I'm definitely going to give kind of the rude intonation and the more polite intonation because they can come depending on the intonation you use. They often can sound rude when you don't mean to.
Yes. So we'll show you both ways to do it, right? We have options here. So starting then again with will ya. So again, it's very casual. It's very direct. We use this among friends when you expect the person to agree. It's not when you're asking for a bit like take care of my dog for three weeks. Will ya? No. No.
No, exactly. Right. So, for example, you know, oh, close the door, will you? Like this is polite. This is you're just being you're just asking someone to close the door.
Yeah.
But then with different intonation, you can sound irritated and rude. Like, yes, like you think they should have closed the door and they didn't. Right. Close the door, will you?
Yeah.
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Chapter 3: How can casual requests sound rude in English?
Or if you maybe walk slower than your partner or something. I think usually one partner walks faster than the other. Always. That's right. It's very awkward. Yeah. You could say, you know, hurry up, will you? We're late, right? That's rude. That's showing a lack of patience, right?
Irritation. Exactly. Because if you were being patient, you'd say, could you please hurry? We're late, right? There are kinder ways to say this. Adding that will you is rude.
Yeah.
As long as we know what we're saying, right?
Chapter 4: What role does context play in using 'would ya' and 'will ya'?
Language choices are just based on personality as long as we know exactly what we're implying.
Right. So, so far the pro tip is don't add will ya if you are irritated, right? If it's like a non-irritated, oh, close the door, will ya?
that's fine right there's no i'm not irritated the tone's going to be fine but don't use it if you're irritated what about would you would you so this one's a little more we can get away with this a bit more right yes more polite maybe but still tone matters um softer more polite the use here is similar to will ya but again it is a little more respectful a little more polite
Now, just like saying, will you do this for me is a little more direct than would you do this for me in the same way, which is a little less direct and a little more polite.
Yeah, I agree. Would is always going to be more indirect than will. Totally. So you could say, pass me the salt, would you? Yeah.
And as long as you're not irritated, right? Oh, pass me the salt, would you? Or pass me the salt, will you? Yeah, fine. But if you're if you've asked four times already and then you're like, pass me the salt, would you? Then it's clearly you're irritated and it's still even would you can sound impolite.
Yeah, yeah. Or if you're in a movie theater and you're getting shushed. You know how some people like to shush people? I hate that, by the way. I hate it when people shush people, but don't be that person that's making loud noises in the movie theater either. You don't need to be shushed. Right, right. So lower your voice a bit, would you? Right? And again, so a little more polite, but still...
it's casual it's a little like it's not like because there are nicer ways to say this right whoever you say this to is going to assume you're really irritated right yes a bit would you like that would you added it is more impatient like you said more irritated because you could say can you please lower your voice a bit yeah for sure there's different choices of words we could make right for sure yeah
Um, or would you mind waiting a second? Right. You could say, can you please wait a second? You can say, Oh, would you mind waiting a second? And if you're not irritated and there's no irritation in your tone, that's fine. Yeah. Among friends.
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Chapter 5: How do intonation and tone affect the meaning of requests?
Your poor mom. My mom, too.
And then she'd be like, oh, it's where you're from. She'd have all kinds of commentary on it. Oh, that is funny. So as long as our listeners have a clear picture here of what we're talking about, what else, Aubrey?
Yeah. So stick around. We're going to do a role play right after the break to show how these might look in just a casual conversation.
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Chapter 6: What are some examples of polite versus rude requests?
Let's get into a role play. This should be fun. So here we are sisters.
Yes. All right. I'll start us. Yeah. Turn the music down, would you? Oh, yeah. Sorry. I could use headphones if you want. I'd appreciate that. Thanks. I got to study for this test.
My headphones are there on your dresser. Toss them to me, will you? Yeah. Sisters, totally fine. Maybe roommates, totally fine. If you've gotten to know each other well. We're not formal with our roommates, right, in life.
Absolutely. This is fine. This is polite. It's interesting. If this is the first time I'm asking you to turn down the music, I'd probably just be like, oh, turn down the music, would you? Totally polite. It's fine. But if I had already asked you three or four times and you couldn't hear me, then it might be like, turn down the music, would you? Irritation is there.
You're going to stick with that same phrase, but get a little bit more firm.
Exactly. Right. You hear the difference in the intonation.
I love that. And then the final end of the role play was my headphones are there in your dresser. Toss them to me, will you?
Yeah. And maybe if you had asked a few times and I hadn't heard you, then maybe there would be that irritation in your tone. Right. Toss them to me, will you? Especially among sisters, you maybe would, you know, close friends, siblings, you're willing to sound irritated. We're not trying to, you know, be careful with their feelings always. Not as much as we should, maybe.
No, no one tries to impress their sibling, right? No, for sure not. You've had a whole lifetime of being siblings.
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Chapter 7: Why is it important to adjust language based on the relationship?
Great one today. Really interesting how in this episode, it clearly is kind of street language, right? And so we have options. You guys have options for ranges of vocabulary choices, depending on who you're with, what you're asking them to do, and what your relationship is with that person. Okay.
Exactly. And we definitely want to have you check out that first episode that inspired this, where the role plays don't dawdle, which is 2554. Scroll up for don't dawdle with your English goals.
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