S02E25 Your Host Kuan-wen’s monologue #2 🇹🇼 Learning English v.s. performing stand up comedy in English

Celiac, dyspraxia, sporran, ricochet, hypochondriac, cheugy, mausoleum, flab… how many of these English words do you - as a non-native English speaker - know? Similar question for the native English speakers again: any of these words that you are not aware of?These are just a sample of words in the English language that your host Kuan-wen has acquired through doing comedy, mostly from observing other comedians’ routines. More than just getting exposed to new words, your host explains why he believes doing comedy in English has multiple advantages when it comes to learning the language, that you do not need to wait until your English is considered “perfect” before you can starting trying out English comedy.(*Yeah, this is kind of a filler episode with no guests)---------------------------------Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram---------------------------------00:32 Intro01:27 Outline for this episode02:22 Reasons for another monologue episode04:01 Learning the English language through performing comedy in English - an analogy06:21 An advantage for non-native English speakers who perform comedy in English07:43 Performing in English forces performers to listen to themselves how they speak09:17 Learning a more natural/wholesome English through doing comedy11:40 Learning about another culture - a wider group of people one gets in contact with12:54 Musicians having lighter accents13:34 Pursuit of specificity in comedy helps grow one’s vocabulary14:35 List of words Kuan-wen learned from other comedians’ comedy sets:celiacdyspraxiasporranricochet (from Ken Cheng)hypochondriaccatharsischeugy (from Shalaka Kurup)mausoleum (from Pete White)flab (from Adam Riley)necrophilia23:48 Four comedy gigs with vastly different audiences within three days - a mixed crowd with many Mandarin speakers; a crowd of French speakers; a crowd of a provincial English town; a crowd with mixed European punters28:48 Podcast listener statistics Jan-Mar 202530:58 Upcoming episodes---------------------------------If you like the episode, please share it and leave a review. For any comments or suggestions, please contact us on Instagram or email comedywithanaccent@gmail.com---------------------------------Podcast intro music by @Taigenkawabe

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