What Brits Say When Catching Up at the Pub | Scene 4 of 6

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Charlie Baxter 0:03

Charlie Baxter

What is the Pub Vocabulary mini-series and why is this episode focused on catch-ups?

Charlie Baxter 0:20

Now, today we're doing part four of the Pub Vocabulary mini series. If you haven't heard the other parts, then feel free to listen to them first by scrolling back through your feed. But each part is fine to listen to on their own. So you don't have to do that. And this one might be one of my favourites so far because the first three episodes were about the mechanics of the pub. You know, where to go, how to order, who pays, all very useful. But today we get to the actual point of the pub, which is the conversation, right? And the pints. But, you know, they go hand in hand. They go well together. Um, so yeah, the catch up is what we're doing today. The bit where you sit down with your mates, everyone's got a pint and someone says, so what's new with you then?

Charlie Baxter 1:21

Very normal. So what's new with you then? And this is where a lot of non-natives start to clam up because when Brits catch up, we don't say I resigned from my employment because my manager was causing me stress in very clean pronunciation. We say I knocked it on the head. The boss was doing my nutting. Wow, that is difficult, isn't it? I knocked it on the head. My boss was doing my nutting. Completely different language, very far from your textbook language that you've probably studied most of your life. And if you don't know it, you can follow maybe half of the conversation and smile politely through the rest. Um, I've watched that happen and I've been in that place. Um, it's, it's lonely just, uh, yeah.

Charlie Baxter 2:22

Okay. Oh no. Yeah. Maybe I don't know how to position my face. Um, and I'm talking about when I'm in a Spanish conversation in English, I generally get the point, but sometimes I do need to look at my wife and ask her to translate for some reason. But yes, so I suppose a quick recap for anyone who's not heard the first three parts or if you need reminding since you last heard them. So we're following three friends or mates on a night out at the pub. We've got Chez from East London. We've got Charlie from Surrey. And of course, we have Charles. who still remains the poshest man to ever set foot in The Crown, which is the pub these three lads have chosen to spend their week's wage in. In the last episode, they sorted the rounds out just about, and now they're settled at the table for a proper catch-up.

Charlie Baxter 3:26

And there's a job update, a bit of romantic news and a creme brulee that plays a bigger role than you'd expect. But first, be honest with yourself for a second. How many expressions from the last three videos that you've watched can you actually remember the vocabulary from? know maybe two or three phrases but can you actually use them in a conversation in the right moment i would be surprised if the answer is yes and that's not your fault that is because of what we call passive learning and my aim is for you to do both passive and active And that is why I've created a PDF to go with this video so that you have the passive consuming and a little bit of active in the way that I am organizing the PDF.

Charlie Baxter 4:24

It's free for you to download right now. And it comes with the vocabulary that came up in this episode. along with non-native friendly definitions, examples, context, collocations, all the good stuff to help you really understand how a native uses the phrases. And then I give you some quizzes to get you active in the learning stage. And really, that whole process is likely to 3x your learning from this video. So I highly recommend you take me up on this one by scanning the QR code right now or checking the links in the description, show notes or comments section. And that link will take you to this screen that video podcast viewers can see right now. Fill in your name and email and then it'll be in your email inbox in a matter of moments.

Charlie Baxter 5:18

And there you can enjoy the free PDF with this video. Wow. Wonderful. All right, let's get on with it. Pints are full, tables secured. Let's join the conversation. This is nice, isn't it? Feels like we haven't done this in ages.

Chas (a friend/guest) 5:34

Yes, it's far too long. What's it been, three months?