Easy English expression, rehashed.
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It is Tuesday, Taco Tuesday in America, it's a good day to eat tacos.
Have you ever had tacos?
It's Mexican food. It's delicious.
I think of world cuisine There's a couple countries that always do great Mexico the food is great Italy the food is great And China the food is great.
I'm telling you point.
You know the list just goes on and on yeah, okay Forget everything I said food around the world is excellent, but today is Taco Tuesday But before we enjoy a taco we've got something to learn.
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Let's go back in time.
Today we've got a word and the word is something something something.
So I'm gonna focus on pronunciation because everybody knows the word something right can you spell something let's spell it together are you ready 1 2 3 s o m e t h i n g the pronunciation something let's do another word. Let's do...
Let's spell this word. Nothin'.
Nothin'. Nothin'. Are you ready?
N -O -T -H -I -N -G. Very good!
Let's do one more word. How about this word. Get in.
Get in. G -E -T -T -I -N -G.
Yes! We are so intelligent.
So something. Wow, we can actually say something.
Something. Yes, that's a possible pronunciation.
It's interesting is something actually sounds like S U M P but don't finish the P some go to the P and from the P sound just open the mouth and make an N sound so something something something something okay don't open the mouth some go to the p, something, and make the n inside the mouth, don't open, keep it close.
something, something, something.
nothing sounds like n -u -t, nut, keep the tongue at the top of the mouth, don't finish, don't say nut, just say nutt -n.
Keep the N, keep the tongue on top of the mouth and just make the N sound.
Nut -n, nut -n, nut -n.
And the same thing with get -ing, get -ing, if we say it fast, get -n, get -n, get, don't finish the T and make the N sound.
So, these words are super common in American English and many Americans.
From Barack Obama to George W.
Bush, from the south to the north, from California to New York, all those people have said something, nothing, and getting.
It's absolutely true.
So I've got a dialogue that uses all three words.
Listen carefully. Here you go.
You want something from McDonald's?
Nothing. I'm getting an apple pie.
I said I don't want nothing.
Yeah, sounds like a couple of country people.
You want something from McDonald's?
Grammatically, do you want something from McDonald's?
But many Americans, you want something from McDonald's?
You want something from McDonald's?
You want something from McDonald's?
And the answer is, nuttin.
Nuttin. Proper English, nothing.
Nothing. I don't want anything.
That would be perfect.
But in daily English, nothing.
Then the next guy, I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I'm gettin' an, I'm getting an apple pie.
Very difficult. I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I'm gettin' an apple pie.
And the last guy, I said I don't want nothin', I said I don't want nothin'.
proper pronunciation.
I said I don't want nothing.
Proper grammar, I said I don't want anything.
There ya have it. So this is a real American style conversation.
Let's listen to it two more times.
You want something from McDonald's?
Nothin'. I'm gettin' an apple pie.
I said I don't want nothin'.
You want something from McDonald's?
Nuttin' I'm getting an apple pie.
I said I don't want nothin'!
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