From the Archives: Do Brits Respect Their Mothers? - Bitesize Ep 6
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What is the focus of this bite-sized episode on Mother's Day?
Hello and welcome back to the British English Podcast, the show that helps you better understand British culture and exposes you to intermediate to advanced vocabulary along the way. Now, as we've been going for almost seven years now and with 250 plus episodes in the back catalogue, I wanted to bring one to the top of the pile and give you a rerun this week. This one's a bite-sized episode, so a short one, all about the relationship between mothers and their children, especially around Mother's Day. Now, I know it's not Mother's Day anytime soon for any culture around the world, I do believe. But I still think it's a nice one to get insight into. I also cover parenting techniques and whether I am pro or anti disciplining children physically.
You know, not a black eye, just a little slap on the backside. But actually, I don't know if I agree with my opinion that I formed around it five years ago when I recorded this episode. So, yeah, keep that in mind, in the back of your mind, if you can, when listening to this. I also read some poetry towards the end. So, yes, I think it's a nice, easy one for your listening practice. Plenty of natural vocabulary tucked in throughout, as usual. And as ever, if you wanted the extended glossary and flashcards to go with it, that's all sitting inside the premium podcast membership box. And then if you wanted to get active with a community of delightful learners who are really doing amazing things with their language skills, then check out the Academy.
Anyway, settle in and let's talk about the most important people on this planet. Right. Mothers. Right. We wouldn't be here without them. So, yes.
Enjoy. Enjoy. So Mother's Day, formerly known as Mothering Sunday in the UK, is celebrated four Sundays before Lent. And for those of you who aren't in the know of what Lent is, it is the preparation... or the build-up to Easter. And most people give something up in the UK for Lent. Some people give up chocolate, some people give up sweets. I think I once thought it would be a clever idea to say, I'm giving up school for Lent. But that didn't go down too well. So Mother's Day usually falls in March. I think it always comes in March. But yeah, the date changes a lot as it is in relation to when Easter is, which varies depending on the cycle of the moon. I could go into more detail, but it's a bite-sized one and I don't want to bore you too much.
OK, so it's based on a religious event, but... The younger generations of the UK, we don't really see it as that. And yet we still take part in it, even though, yeah, the younger generations of the UK are becoming far less religious. And at the same time, atheism is on the up. is on the up, something is on the up, it's rising. But yeah, we don't really see Mother's Day as a day to celebrate only because you're religious. Most people take part in it, and I certainly do. It's similar to Father's Day or even, you know, Valentine's Day, Pancake Day, or even really Easter Sunday. A lot of people nowadays, we don't really think too much about the religious aspect of the day, kind of even similar to Christmas, but we are aware that we're doing that.
We take part in it through habits mostly, because it's usually a time to acknowledge a person or a relationship in your life. Or regarding Pancake Day, I guess it's just to eat your weight in flour, baking powder and sugar. Yeah. Either way, it's a good time. So, yes, it's a day in the religious calendar. But most of the British people I know celebrate Mother's Day just to be a nice child. Yeah. Now, I'm not a perfect child with this one. I've occasionally forgotten it. So it's I don't stick to it religiously. Pardon the pun.
Let me pause you there quickly. I'm using quite a bit of natural, slightly advanced English in this episode. And I know from experience, it's very easy as a listener to just nod along and not fully take in the vocabulary that I'm saying that could enhance your speaking skills. But rather than stopping this video every five seconds and turning this into just a vocabulary lesson, I've made a free PDF for you to grab right now.
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