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Savvy. S a v v y. Right now you are listening to my podcast, it's an MP3 file.
You might be listening to this podcast on your smartphone, or maybe your tablet, perhaps your PC or your Mac.
Well, if you are maybe even your television, if you're listening to it in any of those devices, we could say you are computer savvy or smartphone savvy.
Yeah. Now I've been doing this podcast for over a year.
And I've encouraged my mother to listen to this podcast. Sometimes it's funny.
Sometimes I talk about you, mom.
My mom has what is it those iPhone tablet things, I don't know, iPad, my mom has an iPad.
She has no idea how to listen to this podcast. I think I've I showed her two times how to listen to it.
Still, it's a mystery.
The only thing my mom can do on her iPad is play Angry Birds.
Yes. My 65, 60, I don't know, she's like, I don't know, she's old.
All she does is play Angry Birds.
My mom is not iPad -savvy.
You know, I teach online so I guess you might think that I'm very computer savvy.
Actually I'm not. I get really nervous.
When something doesn't work on my computer, I get scared.
I am not computer savvy.
Microsoft word? Oh yeah.
Sony Vegas? I'm okay.
What software am I using for this?
My podcast software is AVS audio editor?
I'm pretty good. Yeah, I'm okay at these Programs, but in general the computer no. I am NOT computer savvy.
What exactly does savvy mean I?
Will tell you after you listen to the dialogue Do you use coupons when you shop no do you look for sale no I just go and buy You are not a savvy shopper A savvy shopper.
Computer savvy. iPad savvy.
It means smart. That's all it means.
It means you have an acumen.
You might have political savvy.
If you have political savvy, that means you know how to talk to people.
You know how to persuade people.
Me? Coach Shane, what kind of savvy do I have?
I have American pronunciation savvy.
I understand how American pronunciation works especially Cancellation and linking.
It's my specialty I've been doing that I've been teaching that for over 20 years Yeah Now if you're listening to my podcasts if you're listening to any of my videos if you're taking my classes You are working on your English savvy you're getting better and better at English Maybe some of your friends think of you as the English speaking guy.
The smart, English speaking person.
You are English savvy.
If you're not yet, don't worry, you will be.
Keep, you know, keep practicing with me.
Take my classes, I got free ones and pay ones.
Take them. And that brings us back to shopping.
A savvy shopper. Now me when I go shopping I go in and out.
I don't waste time.
If I need to buy a pair of underwear I go in.
Where's the underwear?
Over there. Thank you.
I just grabbed the first pack of underwear.
I pay and I leave. I don't even check the size I don't care about the color.
I do care if they're men's underwear or women's underwear of course I only buy men's underwear but that's it.
But if they But no, I am not a savvy shopper.
A savvy shopper will look for sales.
They will use their, you know, store credit card or membership card. They'll get the frequent flyer miles if they use their credit card, gas credits.
They use all the little, tiny benefits that you can find.
they use everything in order to get a good deal in order to save money when they go shopping now the problem is these professional shoppers tend to practice a lot they do a lot of shopping so my question is yes it's true every time you go shopping you save money on the original price but are you really saving money so in that respect since I never go shopping I guess I'm the savvy shopper because I really do save money by not shopping I'm the smart shopper oh Oh, I don't know.
Maybe you guys would disagree with me.
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Do you use coupons when you shop?
No. Do you look for sales?
No, I just go and buy.
You are not a savvy shopper.
Do you use coupons when you shop?
No. Do you look for sales?
No, I just go and buy.
You are not a savvy shopper.