796. Language & Local British Identity with MARK STEEL

Special Guest Mark Steel joins me to discuss cultural and linguistic differences between the UK and France, plus accents in the UK and a little tour of some places in the UK that you don’t know about. Also includes a discussion of swearing and rude language in Britain. What is the R word which you should never say in a specific part of the UK? Listen on to find out. Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast Contents 0:00:00 Introduction 0:08:08 Interview starts 00:09:48 Traffic arguments and anger in Paris and London 00:17:42 Parisian ’rudeness’ is funny / Ticket office at Gare du Nord 00:22:38 English people can be rude too / The P&O Ferry office at Dover 00:24:57 English people don’t learn other languages, but we should 00:28:00 Funny French expressions 00:31:35 Learning French 00:33:42 The Dunning Kruger Effect 00:37:06 Why Brits are bad at learning languages 00:38:50 Advice for language learners 00:39:45 Why Netflix is not the best listening practice 00:41:09 Mark’s scary horror movie experience 00:41:50 Funny phrases (oh my giddy aunt, bloody nora) 00:43:07 Where Mark comes from / accent 00:46:43 Dungeness Power Station 00:47:51 Mark’s accent 00:48:53 Mark Steel’s in Town 00:50:34 Newport 00:55:17 Nottingham 00:56:16 It’s looking black over Bill’s mother’s 00:57:56 What Mark’s learned about the country 00:58:59 Fanny’s Cafe 00:59:34 Northampton Family Planning Advice 01:02:00 The Left Lion in Nottingham 01:04:40 Liverpool 01:06:51 Ireland 01:07:52 England / Scotland / Berwick upon Tweed 01:08:32 Accent “holes“ 01:10:18 Accent diversity 01:11:14 City Accents vs Country Accents 01:13:37 Sheffield 01:14:18 Swearing