AEE: Listen to This Episode, Would Ya?
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This is an All Ears English podcast. Listen to this episode, would ya?
Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer. coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe. Today, get a glimpse into English street language. There are two ways to make a request that some people would consider overly casual, but we'll learn them today. Listen in to expand your English options.
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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.
Yeah, this is going to be a fun one today where we show you real, true, real English. We use would you, will you to really joke around, Aubrey, and to tease, right?
But they can sound pushy or rude. So, context and intonation are really important. And these really are used more among close friends or co-workers you know really well. You know, they're very informal.
Yeah, it's funny. It's funny that we're saying it's, you know, they could sound pushy or rude. That offers an explanation to me because I was always confused when I was a kid. My dad used to always say this, will ya, right? Go grab the skewer for the chicken on the grill, will ya? Or would ya? And my mom used to always berate him, like, don't say that, Vin. It's rude. And I never quite knew why it was rude, right? Like, it doesn't sound rude to me. It's just dad.
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.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:16
2
What is the focus of today's episode on English street language?
3:16–7:09
3
How can casual requests sound rude in English?
7:09–7:36
4
What role does context play in using 'would ya' and 'will ya'?
7:36–10:32
5
How do intonation and tone affect the meaning of requests?
10:32–11:25
6
What are some examples of polite versus rude requests?
11:25–12:52
7
Why is it important to adjust language based on the relationship?
12:52–13:56
Speakers
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