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Easy English Expression, rehashed.
Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to Easy English Expressions.
Come on, let's master English.
TGIF.
Thank God it's Friday, everybody.
Coach Shane here.
We got EQ number 226th.
And just a funny word.
It's a funny word.
I hope you like it.
Let's go back in time.
Oh, today's expression is a good one.
It is twish.
Twish.
T-W-O-O-S-H.
Twish.
Now, twish is related to Twitter.
Do you know about Twitter, the messaging service, the social media site, Twitter?
Yeah, I think most of you probably do.
But let me go back in time.
Twish is a new word.
The old word is whoosh, W-O-O-S-H.
And that is an expression that comes from basketball.
So if you've ever played basketball, you understand that you have to take the big ball, the basketball, and throw it into a basket.
And the basket is a metal rim, the circle.
It's a circle metal rim with a net inside. you know, like a fishing net.
And if the ball goes into the basket without touching the rim, if it goes perfectly into the hole and only touches the net?
You hear this sound.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
And that's a perfect shot.
It's a perfect basketball shot.
And that whoosh, whoosh, we say whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
So, if you're talking about basketball, man, I love basketball.
Oh yeah?
Are you any good?
Huh.
Every time I shoot, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
And the idea is every time you shoot, you make a perfect basket.
Okay, so now let's go back to Twitter and twoosh.
So if you use Twitter, you understand.
If you're using English characters, you can only type 140 characters.
So people new to Twitter, that doesn't seem like much.
Oh, 140 characters is too short.
But if you get used to using Twitter, 140 characters is not too bad.
Now, do you type exactly 140 characters?
No.
Usually it's 80 characters or 110 characters or something.
But sometimes it's exactly 140 characters.
It's precisely 140 characters.
In that case, it's a perfect tweet.
It's a tush.
So we take the T from Twitter and the whoosh from a perfect basket and we put it together.
So today's expression is for everybody who uses Twitter.
And if you're not using Twitter, why not?
You can just follow me.
That's enough.
And it's a great way to find out when I upload videos.
Okay, so follow me on Twitter.
And maybe...
If everybody does, I'll make a twosh, okay?
Actually, in our dialogue, we have a twosh.
Check it out.
When are you typing?
This message is for all my English students.
I promise to always give you my best English lessons.
If you ever have questions, please ask me.
What?
Twush.
Exactly 140 characters.
Yep, that message was exactly 140 characters.
Now, that includes punctuation, so let me read it again.
This message is for all my English students dash, I promise to always give you my best English lessons period.
If you ever have questions, comma, please ask me, exclamation point.
And all that together, 140 characters.
It's a perfect tweet.
It's a twosh.
Now, here's the challenge.
If you're on Twitter, why don't you try and make a perfect tweet in English?
That's going to be very difficult.
What can you say?
Maybe you can say something about what you did today, or what you're going to have for lunch, or why you like to study English, or what your favorite English expression is.
Or maybe it's a question to me.
Shane, please teach this expression.
But here's my challenge.
Can you do that on Twitter online?
And have it be a twosh.
Perfectly 140 characters.
Can you try that?
You give that a try and send me a tweet.
My Twitter handle is at Coach Shane.
That's the at sign.
C-O-A-C-H-S-H-A-N-E.
Let's check out that dialogue two more times.
What are you typing?
This message is for all my English students.
I promise to always give you my best English lessons.
If you ever have questions, please ask me.
Twish.
What?
Twish.
Exactly 140 characters.
What are you typing?
This message is for all my English students.
I promise to always give you my best English lessons.
If you ever have questions, please ask me.
Twish.
What?
Twish.
Exactly 140 characters.
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