oh yeah it's Sunday again it's a fun day it's a day for learning English and of
course for having some fun as well hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England
how are you today are you okay I hope so are you happy on this Sunday I really
really hope so here we go again wow these weeks keep flying by here we
are now into November almost halfway through November already the year is
literally flying by oh my goodness anyway thanks for joining me here we go
again it's mr. Duncan that's me here on
YouTube that is the thing you are watching right now and I've been here
for over 11 years teaching English to the world so here we go again quite a
busy week for me first of all last week we had a lot of fun and games thank you
very much for your lovely messages in response to the end of last week's
livestream where we had a beautiful firework display did you see the
fireworks last night or last week at the end of last week's livestream wasn't it
lovely Wow I must admit it took me almost 10 minutes to set those fireworks
up just in case you missed last week's livestream here it is in 26 seconds
and of course the big question today the big question is has mr. Steve's temper
improved because last week mr. Steve was in a bit of a a mood did you see it last
week mr. Steve wasn't very happy last week so let's hope mr. Steve is a little
happier and don't forget mr. Steve is coming very soon we have some flash
words for mr. Steve and of course he will be live with us today at 3 o'clock
and there is mr. Steve last week with his lovely shirt a lot of people
complimented mr. Steve's shirt last week they all liked it they said mr. Steve
your shirt is so nice but I couldn't help thinking that Steve's shirt
reminded me of something and then I suddenly realized
mr. Steve's shirt looks a little bit like a newsstand a newspaper stand so
normally when they put the news headlines outside a shop here in the UK
you normally have a little newsstand so that's what mr. Steve's shirt reminded
me of it looks a little bit like a newsstand so mr. Steve with us today at
3 o'clock and I do know for a fact that mr. Steve is feeling very happy today I
don't know why but I'm sure he will tell us later why he is feeling especially
happy today I have no idea also well of course we can't talk about today without
mentioning the weather here it is the view from my window this morning this is
what I woke up to this morning a lot of people like to know what the
view outside the window is like we had a lot of rain this morning and
also the last couple of days it's been raining a lot and today it is freezing
cold it is so cold here today and there it is you can see in the distance the
rican hill with some rain clouds floating above it so a very wet and cold
day today of course I have been out during the
week I like to take my little walks and right at the back of my house I had a
special little treat some lovely birds came to visit during the week can you
see them there are lots and lots of these birds
on the field at the back of my house they are called Red Wings Red Wings and
there were lots and lots of them at the back of my house during the week can you
see them all there were actually loads of them there must have been about a
hundred Red Wings and it looked to me as if they were all taking a rest they may
have been flying to another part of the country because at this time of the year
many birds are migrating and moving around so here you can see a big flock
of Red Wings feeding at the back of my house and now we are going to have a
close look at one of those birds so there it is a lovely Red Wing and the
reason why they called Red Wings is because they have red under their wings
as the name suggests so there they are a nice little treat this week in fact on
today's livestream we have a lot of nature and there is another view you can
see the red underneath this bird's wing and there it is
a lovely red wing beautiful birds from far away they look like thrushes but
they're not thrushes they are they're called Red Wings although if I'm
not mistaken they are I think they are a type of thrush I think they actually are
a type of thrush so a red wing in my garden also this week I've been out
walking around would you like to see the animal that I met this week during my
walk here it comes a lovely friendly highland cow and these
particular cows come all the way from Scotland that is where the breed
originated in fact a very hairy cow isn't that just lovely and this
particular one was very friendly it actually came over to me to say hello
isn't that lovely hello mr. cow what are you doing
you look very interested in me and this was taken during one of my walks and
there is the other one in fact in this particular field there are two one is a
male and one is a female aren't they lovely and this particular one was very
friendly it actually allowed me to stroke it hello aren't you lovely
I do like the nose piercing I like the big ring through the nose it's very
modern very contemporary and as you know I love nature very much I love walking
around but of course there is a problem with walking around because sometimes
you can get very very muddy and whenever I go for a walk I always like to clean
my boots and there is one particular place in Much Wenlock where I can rest
and clean my boots and here is the place so this is where I always like to clean
my boots when I've been for a walk and this is in a very particular place
in Much Wenlock so there i am cleaning my muddy boots so even though walking is
very good for you though there is a there is a downside to walking and that
is getting very muddy boots I don't like getting mud on my boots so normally I
have to spend about ten minutes cleaning my boots and this is my special puddle
in Much Wenlock so this is the place where I like to clean my boots because
at this time of the year everywhere is very muddy muddy that's a
great word muddy if something is very very dirty or if there is a lot of water
and mud together it becomes very soft we can say that it's very muddy
we have the live chat up in running how could I forget about the live chat so
let's have a look at the live chat armed' is here hello Ahmed thank you for
joining me today also Julie G Olga is here hello Olga it's so nice to see you
here today Jana Nicole also patricia zebra new
Filipe also on the live chat who's Patricia who says hello from France ts
is here as well so many people already on the live chat hello to you thanks for
joining me today we have lots of things to talk about today including now there
is a very interesting trend taking place at the moment in the UK lots of men
young and old are growing beards so one of today's questions is to beard or not
to be it do you like beards do you think beards look sexy do you like them do you
like the appear what about men have you ever tried to
grow a beard I know a few years ago I tried to grow a beard and lots of people
said that I looked quite nice with a beard so have you ever tried to grow a
beard I'm talking to the men now of course and to the ladies
do you like beards because some women some ladies think that beards are very
sexy whilst others don't like them for various reasons which I will not go into
at the moment but do you like beards also another question today we're going
to talk about fears and phobias this is a subject that we touched on a couple of
weeks ago and I thought today we would talk a little bit more about it so do
you have a strange phobia or fear perhaps an odd or unusual fear in your
life so do you have one mr. Steve has a very strange very unusual phobia and it
causes him to do something very unusual very odd and this is something that I
never knew I didn't know all about this so mr. Steve is going to tell us about
his strange phobia come to think of it I think this might be a phobia that many
people have but the way that Steve deals with it is very unusual so this is
something we're going to talk about later with mr. Steve so what is mr.
Steve's strange phobia and do you like beards because at the moment it has
become very trendy very fashionable to have a beard so I was wondering whether
I should grow a beard what do you think do you think I would look good with a
beard what do you think do you think I should have one a few years ago I did
have one in fact I I made some of my English lessons with a beet beard
and quite a few people said they liked it they said they liked the look so what
do you think do you think I should have a beard back to the live chat because
lots of people are here now Wow thank you very much for joining me today it's
a very busy one hello from Japan says Yaroslav Yaroslav Patek or Patek thank
you very much for joining me Sarkar is here hello mr. Duncan and mr.
Steve hello to you Zakaria is here david churchill arrow or
Calero hello hello thank you very much for joining me
andrew is here hello Andrew I haven't seen you for a long time here thanks for
joining me Pedro is here of course another one of my regular viewers Durant
Durant Sandhu says hello hello to you as well don't forget we are live it's now
20 minutes past 2:00 on a Sunday afternoon it is the 12th of November
2017 and of course I suppose I should mention that Christmas is on the way I
know that not everyone celebrates Christmas but I I quite like Christmas I
think Christmas is a fun time of the year and Christmas is on the way just to
prove it look already I have had a leaflet delivered to my house all about
the the Much Wenlock Christmas Fair can you see it so this is a special event
that takes place in the town center where I live and every year they have a
Christmas Fair so lots of people get together lots of food to buy lots of hot
food to eat lots of fun lots of music lots of performers so the Much Wenlock
Christmas Fair takes place on Saturday the 2nd of December 2017
and I was thinking perhaps I might go along and do some filming there and then
on Sunday I could present it on my live stream so there it is just to prove that
Christmas is on the way and as I mentioned last week and I have started
putting up my Christmas lights so there are some Christmas lights on the front
of my house having said that I haven't switched them on yet I won't be turning
them on until December so I have started putting my Christmas lights up and there
you can see already oh my goodness it really just feel as if Christmas is
on the way and of course this week on television here in the UK many big
companies shops department stores they have all unveiled their Christmas TV
commercials so it really does feel like Christmas is on the way Belarus Sierra
is here hello Belarus yeah hi thanks for joining me I know that you like my
English lessons very much you get very excited every Sunday I know that
Patricia is here Patricia says I don't like the beard for women I don't know
what you mean by that do you mean you don't like you don't like women with
beards I don't think there are many women that have beards analytic brain is
here hello analytic brain I haven't seen you for a long time either I mr. Duncan
how are things going I hope you are still happy I'm always happy you have to
be happy looking forward to seeing your new ideas and your methods again I bet
today's topic is about stereotype no it isn't although that is a very good
subject today we are talking about B it's to beard or not to beard
do you like B it's some people like B it's men
men at the moment in the UK are growing beards especially especially young men
young guys at the moment they're all having beards so what do you think do
you think beards are nice or do you think they are a little unsightly some
people don't like them I do I think it makes you look older to be honest if you
have a beard I always think it makes you look too old or very mature so that's
probably one of the reasons why I don't have a beard what do you think though
and do you have a strange phobia or fear we will be talking about these things a
little bit later on when mr. Steve arrives we also have some flash words
from mr. Steve would you like to see one of mr. Steve's flash words okay let's
have one right now purge purge is an english verb the word
purge means to rid someone of an unpleasant memory or feeling to free
someone from an unwanted thought or feeling is to purge to remove a group of
undesirable people from a group or organization is to purge to physically
remove something completely and Leave No Trace is to purge this week YouTube
decided to purge the unused and closed accounts from people's YouTube
subscriber numbers to purge is to cleanse remove rid delete eliminate
expel purge Thank You mr. Steve and of course there will be more from mr. Steve
coming a little bit later on so don't go away we have some more flash words and
mr. Steve as live as live can be and I know for a fact that he is very happy
today very happy indeed on the live chat we have a David Calero
we have idiomatic man hello idiomatic man I haven't seen you for a long time I
think you were you were one of my live chatters a few months ago zina is here
mr. Duncan what is the cake on your table
ah yes can you see the little cake on my table we will be talking about this
later on so don't rush me there is plenty of time plenty of time mr. Steve
and you are very bold guys thank you very much we are very brave I think I
think it takes a lot of courage to do this I must admit going live on YouTube
and sitting here for two hours presenting a live show is very stressful
I can't begin to tell you how stressful this is sometimes
Jamelia is here hi Jamelia thanks for joining me today is so good to see you I
like your shirt oh thank you very much for that and also mr. Steve had a very
nice shirt on last week I wonder what he's going to wear today we have very
good weather at the moment in Azerbaijan from Frost oh really you are very very
lucky very lucky it's cold it's windy and it's wet here today Abdul or a man
says hello teacher hello to you as well Olga says it looks like the cloud was
coming from the hill it was yes it actually was that that's exactly where
the cloud was coming from earlier it was actually coming off the hill
hello everybody is Shan is Shan is here hello there I haven't seen you for a
long time either lots of people rejoining me today I'm
very very happy to see you hello from the Ukraine Ukraine is here hi I haven't
seen you for a while either Tatyana is here wow so many people joining me too
who I haven't seen for a long time it's like a big reunion here today isn't that
lovely let's take a look at one of my English lessons we are now going to take
a look at one of my ask mr. Duncan lessons and this is ask mr. Duncan
number 16 after this we are going to reveal today's mystery idioms
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok
I hope so are you happy I hope so Here I am once again on yet another hot
and steamy day in the UK with some of your email questions and comments
concerning the English language and my work here on the worldwide web so before
I her pass out through heat exhaustion let's have our first question for today
how do we use in return in a sentence this question comes from armoured
al-hariri who lives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the words in return form a
clause in a sentence which shows that a favor must be repaid with a favor also I
do something for you so you must do something in return for me it can show
that a favor must be given later if I help you today you must do something
later for me in return so the favor can be given back straight
away or at a later time but it must be given at some point in return a very
nice email I have received a very nice email from Igor Brito who lives in
Brazil and teaches extensive English there at the University of Amazon in the
northern part of the country Igor write to thank me on behalf of his
students for my lessons well thank you Igor for your very touching words and a
big hello to you and your students in belém do pará will you ever go back to
China what drives you to create so much work this question comes from way or
Simon to use his English name who works in China as many of you may
know I have worked in China teaching ESL which I did for over four years between
2003 and 2007 should the opportunity arise
I would love to return there for a visit I have many fond memories of my time in
China and many of my experiences there led me to do the work I am carrying out
today even though I'm far from China now the time I had there still lives in my
heart as for your other question the driving force behind all my work is of
course the students who follow me I love teaching and as long as there is a need
for my work I will go on creating it I now devote most of my time to this
project I also put virtually all of my own money into it too my goal is to help
as many people as possible I know I'm a small man and a tiny player on the
internet but making a change for even just a few people is reward enough for
me a fruity idiom did you know that the word banana can be used as an idiom the
expression go bananas he or she has gone bananas the crowd went bananas
after the match it means to become crazy or act in a mad or overactive way how do
I change my accent is it possible to do this this question was sent in by Luiza
II who comes from China but is now living in Canada one of the most
sensitive issues surrounding language is accent the way you speak identifies you
and your background it is a very personal part of your character the
traditional train of thought with teaching is that it is better to teach a
second language to young students in a kindergarten rather than adults in a
training center but even then the end result could be a child speaking with an
axe and it is not what they learn which sets
the accent but where they are learning it here is an example of this occurrence
a person lives in England for 25 years and they have a strong English accent
they moved to California when they are 26 by the time they are 35 they are
speaking with an American accent maybe they are using local colloquialisms over
time their accent has changed the amazing thing is that this person is
probably unaware that this has happened this will not always happen of course
but it does show that if we can change the way we speak without realizing it
then it is possible to do it intentionally of course just like any
other change it will take time whether you try it or not is up to you ah I feel
so good before I dash off today I would like to
say a special hello to do I fan who lives in Vietnam and is a big fan of my
English lessons thank you for your kind words Dwight a big hello to Tanya pisano
who lives on the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira yes Tanya I did visit
Madeira in October 2007 and I had a lovely time there it really is a great
place to escape to and relax I even sampled some of the delicious
Madeira wine while I was there mmm finally a big hello to MC Bebo in Cairo
who is a friend of DJ Bodi who I said hello to last week I gather you both
enjoy music and share an interest in DJing I can let you in on a little
secret now in the past I have worked as a DJ on the radio it's true that is all
from me for today I'm now going outside to enjoy some of this lovely sunshine
before the big gray clouds return this is mr. Duncan in England saying thank
you for asking me and of course to tar for now
Dibby Dibby Dibby tip too deep too deep do you hear we are live on a Sunday yes
it is live is live can be how are you on this lovely Sunday it's nice and warm
here in the studio and I hope where you are it is also nice and comfortable we
have lots of things to do today so as I mentioned we have the mystery
idioms a very popular feature on the live English chat so here we go today's
mystery idioms what they are they are pictures that is what they are and you
have to guess what the well-known English phrase or idiom is so there are
two of them to look at and here they are now so here is the first one the first
mystery idiom but what is it it is a well-known phrase in English and it has
a special meaning so please get your thinking caps on and if you can guess
what the answer is let me know and here is the second one I think this one might
be easy for some people so today's mystery idioms and there is the first
one and the second one they are well known English phrases they are used
quite a lot in the English language but what are they what are they indeed if
you think you know the answers let me know and I will read out the answers
later on the correct answers coming towards the end of today's live stream
two days ago I had to go to the dentist ah talking of teeth because those teeth
that you just saw reminded me that I went to the dentist on Friday
Oh Deary me I do not like going to the dentist and the strange thing is
every time I go to the dentist normally before I leave the house to go to the
dentist I normally clean my teeth for about 20 minutes it's a very strange
thing to do I know but I normally stand there for about 20 minutes cleaning my
teeth for ages I don't know why I always feel that if I spend a long time
cleaning my teeth before I go to the dentist that they won't have to do so
much work in my mouth that's what I actually think I really do believe that
to be a fact so I clean my teeth i scrub them I rinse
them then I scrub them again and brushing and scraping and poking and
then I get to the dentists and of course they still have lots of work to do they
have lots of things to do they have to get the big machine and scrape and gouge
and poke and pull I really don't like the dentist at all you could say that I
have a fear of the dentist in fact do you have any strange phobias do you have
any strange fears oh hello we we have something here come
through on the live chat let's have a look
Mahmood says a friend of mine has a very strange phobia as he has a fear of
cheese I've never heard of that yes cheese apparently if he smells or if he
sees any type of cheese he will start to become irritated nervous and sometimes
do strange things so there it is just to prove it the message from Mahmood
apparently my moods friend has a phobia of cheese I must admit I've never heard
of that before but it is a very strange phobia so that is one of the questions
today do you have a strange phobia mr. steve has a phobia that makes
him behave in a very strange way sometimes the other question today -
beard or not true beard that is the question
do you like beards some men don't like beards some women don't like to see men
with beards and of course there are lots of men at the moment especially here in
the UK it's become very very very trendy very fashionable to have a beard
so what do you think do you like be it or do you not Patricia says I am very
afraid of stupid people I have a fear of stupid people that might not be uncommon
I think maybe a lot of people suffer with that one they are afraid of people
who are a little stupid or ignorant zenyk or zenyk says you've just reminded
me that I need to have a shave oh thank you very much I'm glad I can be of some
service to you new shared says purge oh I see yes the word purge that I used
early earlier to purge to push something away of course it was mr. Steve's flash
word earlier seikar says how can I be happy every
time mr. Duncan how can I be happy all the time that's a very interesting
question now I think from my point of view being
happy is all about your own attitude to weather things maybe your attitude
towards life or maybe other people or of course the thing that I think is the
most important of all your attitude towards yourself the way you see
yourself the way you value yourself and the way you see yourself
generally so I think yes I think I think being happy
is more than one thing it isn't as simple as having a smile on your face it
is all about your attitude the way you view things but most importantly of all
the way you view yourself I think so I think it's very important cab doula
cab doula says I must go now but I will be here after one hour okay then don't
worry I'll still be here in an hour don't
worry and waiting for you to return palmira says I don't see many men
wearing beards last week in the UK I was wondering why pupils don't wear scarfs
caps coats and coats the weather was pretty cold yes you might find that some
people tend not to wear a lot of clothing even when it's cold you
sometimes see young girls when they go out if they're going to a party is
something they want to look lovely for their friends and quite often they'll go
out and they won't they won't wear thick claw coats or scarfs or hats and
sometimes men is well men are just as bad they go outside in their t-shirts
because they think it looks very macho you see so I think maybe especially with
men it might be a Mac Show thing because you know you don't want to look weak so
if you go outside on a cold day you look very mature so that's the reason why but
yes wearing beards or sporting a beard you can sport something if you sport
something it means you are wearing it or it is part of your appearance so you are
sporting a beard so a lot of people have beards especially on television you see
a lot of people on TV now have beards young and old we have some guesses
coming through now for the mystery idioms theory boom thank you very much
for your guests I have a fear of may King presentations and also going for
interviews that comes from Frost oh well there are many stressful moments in life
and I think two of the most stressful must be standing up in front of people
giving a speech or of course going to a job interview so if you are going to a
job interview you were normally asked lots of questions
so you will be asked to answer lots of questions normally about yourself and
also about your experience long Geron is here mr. Duncan I love Christmas I love
white Christmases I'm me too I love it when it snows it Christmas ah
absolutely amazing fam who says I have a fear of running out of money I don't
think you are alone there I think a lot of people suffer suffer from that fear a
lot of people indeed Oh talking of money can I say a big thank you to to eat ute
and Kuzma for your kind donations on paypal so
thank you very much to you and Prisma for your lovely kind donations during
the week and of course if you want to make a direct donation to help my work
continue PayPal me at mr. Duncan and there is the address there it's very
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anything like that you do it securely through PayPal so thanks once again to
you and also Kuzma as well for your kind donations I'm dreaming of a white
Christmas Maria thank you for your guesses you've got one of them wrong and
one of them right Alejandro says I think I prefer a mustache
to a beard oh I see a lot of men of course do grow mustaches so a mustache
is just hair on your top lip and of course a beard is when the hair covers
the whole of your face of course you can have a very small beard in the front a
very small beard at the front of your face I think it's called a Van Dyke am i
right if I think if you have the beard at the front just at the front I think
it's called a Van Dyke I might be wrong there forgive me if I'm wrong french leo
is here Oh mr. Duncan I am afraid of having bad breath bad breath yes it's a
bit like me on Friday when I went to the dentist when I went to the dentist I was
very afraid that my breath would be very stinky but having the fear or having a
fear of bad breath so yes some people do worry a lot about their breath maybe
they've had something very smelly to eat maybe some garlic or something very
spicy so the French Leo says I am very worried that my breath will be smelly
and especially out of eating cheese with some nice French wine oh oh I see oh
okay then thank you mr. Duncan for answering my question you are very
welcome Sarika thank you very much Antonio has a fear of things and
situations that they can't control so losing control of your life or maybe
being in a situation that you have no control over can I let you in on a
secret no I'm not a big fan of going to parties I don't like going to parties if
I don't know many of the people there so I always feel very anxious when I go to
parties especially if I don't know the people there
if I'm unfamiliar with them so so yes III have a little fear as well so I'm
not very keen on situations that I can't control
Leticia Leticia says I don't like beards or mustaches so you don't like mustaches
and you don't like beards either Thank You Leticia for that we have another
competition coming up soon as well so this this particular contest is one that
involves nature now as you know I love nature so much I am a big fan of nature
so so fond of nature so I thought today we would have another little contest
just for fun and this is something that I call guess the baby bird you have to
guess what this baby bird is would you like to have a look at it now so here it
is here is a little bird this is a tiny chick in my garden and what I want you
to do is to tell me what the bird is here it comes now so what is this bird
I'm asking you to guess what the baby bird is it's a lovely little chick in my
garden look at that isn't that cute ah so adorable but what is it it is a
particular bird but which bird is it if you think you know the answer let me
know I will show you this again later on but what is it what is this particular
bird if you think you know the answer let me know lots of things to keep you
guessing today where nagas says can you speak Vietnamese I can't I don't know
many Vietnamese words I do know one I think it's cooked
to twitch is the new year so when the new year comes around in Vietnam they
said toot chicken is it chicken no it's not a baby
chicken no I'm afraid not it is not a chicken Tamar definitely not
shall we have a look at another one of my lessons this is one that I made about
three maybe four years ago in fact I think I made it about five years ago but
it is a very interesting lesson and it is all about the history of the English
language because many people ask me they ask mr. Duncan what is the history of
the English language well here it is right now hi everybody this is mr.
Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I hope so are you happy I
hope so I have a question for you when is an English word not an English word
when it's a foreign word used both inside and outside the language in
today's lesson we are going to look at those words that may sound foreign to
non English speakers but are commonly used by many native speakers everyday in
some cases without them even realizing it confused not for much longer
I hope as we take a look at what I like to call for English
the English language has become one of the most spoken in the world it has been
described by some as a global language over the years it has been viewed as a
language of freedom and a symbol of oppression its uses still on the
increase and remains an ever dominating medium on the world stage
having said that to describe English as a unique language would be a misnomer as
we will be finding out today even modern spoken English regularly contains words
taken straight from other languages some examples of which we will take a close
look at later but first let's take a close look at how it all started with a
brief history of the English language
the English language was formed in four distinctive stages in its original form
we usually refer to it as Old English this is the earliest form of the
language which was created between 500 and 1100 AD by the invaders of ancient
Britain from Southern Denmark and jet land who were known as the angles the
angles along with the Saxons and Jutes spoke a language which in modern times
became known as Old English the word English comes from angles the land of
angles which is where we get England you could also see this influence in the
French word illunga latere there were four distinctive dialects of Old English
Northumbrian Mercian West Saxon and Kentish all of which were related to the
different regions of early England which still exists today as Northumbria Mercia
Wessex and Kent
the next big change came with the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror
who invaded England in 1066 ad with this invasion came a new language
this time the integration of the French language occurred which formed into what
we now call middle English through the changes caused by the realignment of
power the language of Latin was also integrated into English the romancing of
the English language was by then well underway in fact the Roman influence had
occurred earlier albeit in a small way after the introduction of Christianity
to England during the 7th century it is worth noting that even at this time the
English spoken bore very little resemblance to the language we use today
but its influence on modern English cannot be ignored a large portion of
modern English words are in essence foreign words which came into being
during the early invasions by the anglo-saxons and the Vikings
from 1204 ad a division formed this was due to the fall of Normandy and King
John to the King of France this caused a division between France and the English
Normans the ruling class by this time were known as the nobles the next big
change occurred after the Great Plague which wiped out a huge portion of the
population and led to a surge in the so called laboring class these events led
to another surge in the use of English as a common language middle English had
taken hold of the country and would go on to develop yet again into what we now
refer to as early modern English with this came the period known as the
Renaissance it signaled the birth of modern literature philosophy and science
which would go on to shape not only this country but also many parts of the world
from this would come what we now refer to as modern English people often ask me
why I'm so fascinated by a language I have spoken all my life and used daily
why am I not bored of hearing English spoken all the time this would be a fair
question my love of English comes from not just
how it is used but from how it came into being used English is more than a
language it is an essence of all which came before it carries with it
traditions thoughts and ways of living from over the past nine hundred years
the changes that have occurred indelibly left their marks on this language as
Wars and invasions were carried out and attitudes altered so the language
changed to the marks left by the Romans anglo-saxons
Vikings and the many rulers of this country ever since have shaped the way
in which English is used right up to this very day
the historical impact of English remains with us new countries were formed
through this language sometimes by choice and sometimes not the modern use
of English does more than merely allowed dial-up to take place it
gives us a common ground it serves as a means for us to understand each other as
I have said before whether we agree or disagree with each other is irrelevant
the important thing is that we are all talking
oh why is it dark in here can someone switch the lights on please
can we have the lights on that's better thank you very much did you enjoy that
the history of the English language for those who were asking me to talk about
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are over 500 videos that I've made over the past 11 years over 500 can you
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back to the live chat I have a fear of what's that I can't read what that says
mr. Duncan do you shave your beard every day asks Francisco yes III I sometimes
shave every day but to be honest sometimes I find that if I shave every
day my face becomes very sore and very sensitive so sometimes I don't shave
every day sometimes I have a little break and then I shave again and then I
have a little break but but of course on Sundays I have to have a shave so I look
lovely and smooth for my livestream mr. Steve is on the way very soon he will be
here with us live as live can be Patricia says I am Agra phobic and I
never go out of my house I know the world only through the television and
also on the Internet I'm very sorry to hear that but I hope
my lessons will keep you company every Sunday don't forget every Sunday I
am here from 2 p.m. UK time live on YouTube
so here he is this is the man who is now famous everywhere well okay he's famous
no way would that be more accurate I'm not sure early it's mr. Steve is on this
way mr. Steve is coming mr. Steve will be here very very soon
that's it mr. Steve take a deep breath is taking a deep breath there here he is
everyone oh my goodness do you know what I I think I get I get more emails and
more messages now about mr. Steve than I do about myself and here he is it's mr.
Steve everyone hello hello everyone nice to be back
hello mr. Duncan I always like you're very sort of reserved hello it's always
hello all right shall I start I start again
hello mr. Duncan some jello to everyone out there and jazz hands would be nice
that's it that's what we want a bit of that's more like showbiz I'm more
exciting upbeat show it's show business baby so can you just stand very still at
the moment mr. C I want to try something you see so stand very still very still
don't move stand very still so I want to see what mr. Steve looks like with a
beard there we go so don't move so there is mr. Steve there there's mr. Steve
with a B oh don't move I'm telling you not to move in he keeps moving that's it
Kate be very still so there is mr. Steve with a beard what do you think do you
think it looks okay I think I think you look quite good with
a beard to be honest I think you do yes look at that Wow
I don't know what you're doing but I I've just put a bead onto you that's
right put a beard over your face to see what you look like with a can't wait to
see that later well let's do it again let's do it again okay that's it stay
stay still that's it oh there is mr. Steve with a
beard oh yes I think it suits you I must admit I think you look quite good with a
beard and it's gone okay you can move now oh that's a relief
so mr. Steve you will you you seem very happy today happy well actually I'm
feeling a little tired haha get it tired tired
because there's a tire behind me yes we've we have noticed I was going to ask
you about the tire behind you what mr. Steve why is there a tire behind you
well that's explains why I'm so excited today because as you know I get very
excited about tires mr. Duncan mr. this is between you and me mr. Duncan knows
about my my obsession with tires on my car sir I have bought a new set of tires
for my car this week well I bought two for the rear
tires because they were getting a bit worn a bit thin now when you say when
you say the rear tires you mean the back tire back tires or the rear tires so
they were getting a bit worn a bit thin not quite illegal but I thought they
need replacing so I'll buy some new ones I've wanted to buy these new set of
Michelin tyres this new tire that's just come out but unfortunately they hadn't
got the size I wanted so I ended up getting two others instead they were
considerably cheaper but that's one of the worn ones at the back there let's
have a look let's open the oh yeah look at that so that's one of your old tires
one of my old tires and I can see I can feel the excitement coming through now
from all your viewers that there there is there is I can feel it as well there
is a warmth coming through today from everyone really really excited to see to
see one of your tires so that one is at the back is that that one's a bit worn
that's a bit worn so I've replaced it so that's why there's a car - well it was
your idea you said why don't we put the tire behind you mr. Steve and it'll make
a nice visual I must say it's quite I think it was quite nice there yes we
might put it around your neck later oh and then set fire to it they to do that
in a certain country didn't they did to torture people know what's wrong with
you they tell you that in South Africa they to put tires around people's necks
and set fire to to the tire and burn them to death okay
so that further what what what why every week do you end up talking about
something really gruesome last week last week it was Hitler we ended it we ended
the show we were trying to end last week's live stream on a lovely note and
you started going on about Hitler wasn't that sure that was Robert Mugabe's wife
wasn't it in one of these African countries I can't think which one off
the top of my head now I'm sure you can tell me mr. Duncan but yes she used to
torture people by putting at us anyway let's not go on about that how did we
get from talking about mr. Steve's new tires to to African dictators I I don't
know what you did you did say let's put it around your neck later and all I
remember it's seeing images on the television from the 1990s with with in
this African country with though with tires around their necks being set on
fire it was horrible yes yes you've said I know there's change of subject
even I'm gonna chewed away in a moment let's just say I like rubber
shall we can leave it at that that sounds even worse Oh red the car tires
are made of rubber yes I don't mean that kind of rubber
what kind of rubber well there's a fetish isn't the way people like to
dress up in rubber is there not me not me I just like putting car tires round
my neck I've got friends who think I'm very strange that I get a bit obsessed
about what type of car tire to put on shall I go for a summer tire a winter
tire or an all season tire because it's difficult to this country gives we get
extremes of temperature to know what that's the best tire to put on your car
so I spent ages looking it up on the Internet just just calm down because I
can see you're getting very excited here by these tires just take a deep breath
now what what why why is it so important whoa you seem quite obsessed almost too
obsessed with car tires so just just buy some new tires and stick them on the car
and of course you don't have to worry anymore because we don't have winter
anymore UK I mean so that is true stop we don't
we don't get snow anymore we have we haven't had snow for about four years
you haven't not barely a flake so don't worry about it that's what I say
I'm just interested okay now one or two people have noticed the
next to me I have okay I have a little cake here this is a particular type of
cake now this is something I mentioned a few well maybe three weeks ago I
mentioned this mm-hmm and this is a particular type of cake
look at that it is called a scone scone is that how you pronounce it mr. Duncan
scone yes that is how I pronounce it so how
would you pronounce it mr. Steve there you taste gone I would say scone
so mr. steve says scone and I say it's gone so there are two ways of
pronouncing the name of this particular type of it's it's like a sort of savory
occurrence and and quite quite high in fat as well so that is something that
butter lots of butter so it's a wheat wheat wheat and flour and sultanas
yes lots of lots of things inside very popular if you go to an English tea room
quite often they will serve scones or scones or as mr. Steve would say scones
coz so you're if you're posh you will say go Marsh you say scone can I have a
scone with a cup of tea please jam and and cream put on that don't you
jamming Lulu you see I don't quite that there is a bit of snobbishness around
the way to pronounce certain English words and that's what that comes high up
on the list I would say how you pronounce the word scone whether you say
scone or scone it tends to show people I don't know
what it it's ridiculous really because you get people literally correcting
you and saying it's not school it's not scorn its scone yes we've talked about
this actually a couple of weeks ago we talked about the way in which accents
can define a person's class and I think scone or scone is is a very good example
of that snobbery it is but to me I mean it's SC o-n-e I think is the
correct spelling there and to me o n E is pronounced own like in a bone Bo any
would be bone so to me it's scone hmm doctor what that would make logical
sense but I don't think when it comes to certain words there is isn't really any
logic there it is that's the word some people are asking to see the word scone
or scone but as I've said already it just depends some accents will pronounce
certain words in certain ways he wouldn't pronounce one of your bones you
wouldn't say it was a bomb would you he'll say with a bone it would not say
no you would say it was a bone I would say scone but then but then we have many
other things like like tomb and womb and then you have comb yes but they all have
the same letters except for the first letter but the pronunciation is
different so don't use the English language can be very very confusing
indeed so mr. Steve I went to the dentist on
Friday I don't know why I always get very nervous before I go to the dentist
you might say that I have a fear a fear dentist
fear or phobia I have been asking today do you have a strange phobia or fear an
odd or unusual fear in your life now I think it's it would be fair to say that
we all have phobias we all have something that we are afraid of I I
think that would be fair to say absolutely on the live chat because we
mustn't forget we have lots of people today on the live chat thank you very
much by the way too francisco for your donation today thank
you very much francisco on the live chat with a
donation thank you very much a super chat donation do I get half mr. Duncan
for a theory you can if you want if it makes you happy we're gonna eat that
scone at the end we are going to have the scone later on we will eat the
scones Onis con scone scone scone Eugene is
here that's brilliant we like the joke with the tire oh I'm
not sure mr. C I'm not sure if he was joking or not I'm not quite sure I'm
feeling very lively today I should be tired after this of course enough to go
and lie down as I usually do apparently I'm not sure who it's from because I
can't read the actual writing but the message is hello mr. Duncan and mr.
Steve my husband has a beard for most of the time for most of the time that we
are together and I think it suits him very much yes some people do I think I
think beards beards suit certain people yes as other people they don't look very
good they day they look a bit untidy or it makes the person look much older than
they really are what's it like to kiss someone with a
beard I wonder that must be yeah I can't I wouldn't didn't think I'd like that
hmm no you're not gonna take up on that
that's the ties if anyone was wondering that tyre the size is a 205 a 55 16-inch
what rated tyre just in case anyone was wondering why do keep shouting just by
normal way of talking so there was a there is a very sensitive microphone
placed just seven or eight inches from your mouth and it you are shouting do
you don't have to shout mr. Steven if he can't cope with my orations
then maybe you should get a new one I don't think I don't think anyone I don't
think anyone can cope with your Asians to the idea I mean I'm
quite a happy mood today you've told me to liven it up so that's what I'm doing
mr. Duncan your new tires have made you very chirpy
because I know when I go out now I'll have super grip on every road surface
and on any weather condition I'm not sure that if you've got a complete grip
so be honest I might not have a grip on reality I think so I think there are
some things you definitely don't have a grip on yes definitely apparently
Jamelia thinks you look very handsome with a beard let that put the beard on
mr. Steve again because a lot of people want to stay still again they still
don't move so there it is there is mr. Steve with a beard oh yes
it doesn't look too bad yes I think it does it just kind of suit
him yes you look like you look like a Bond villain ok it's gone now ok you can
relax now actually you still look like a Bond villain thanks a lot I'll get it
I'll get a cat and Stroke it shall I
so we're talking about fears and phobias now I happen to know that you have a
very strange phobia a very strange fear that causes you to do something very
unusual at certain times please tell us all about it sure I want to talk about
that I've prepared a lot of cards here you
asked me asked me to mr. Duncan to prepare a little session on phobias yes
and have you already explained anything about it because I I've missed the first
hour of your show I was in makeup you see for the first hour so I can't listen
to it they haven't finished by the way but whoever was doing the makeup they
haven't finished they've ended in the top part Thanks
so these cards here yes we are talking about folk it's all right we've got 45
minutes we've got 45 minutes there is no rush just take your time do you want me
to explain about to the world my strange quirks this this is one particular thing
that always makes me laugh whenever you talk about this it makes me laugh
and whenever we go to places maybe a restaurant or a pub and then you
disappear to the toilet I know that I know that something very unusual is
about to happen so you oh yes I know what you mean you know what I'm talking
about yes I I don't like to touch any handles around the area of public
toilets so that means like door handles door handles because I've read studies
that have been done on the door handles to toilets and let's just say they are
covered covered in germs because a lot of people don't wash their hands when
they go to public lose so I've because I work for a pharmaceutical company we as
well so I sort of know too much about this sort of thing germs and things like
that bacteria so I when I go to use a public loo I will not touch any handles
I will when I go out I put toilet paper or paper towel over my hand and I go out
I wash my hands so that's it they're all nice and clean then I'll have some saved
paper and then I'll put that on my hand and go out like that and then drop the
paper towel on the floorr yes so this is so what you're actually doing you are
avoiding you are avoiding contact with any surface any surface that another
person may have touched with their dirty stinky hands because some people let's
not beat around the bush here some people that's a very interesting going
to phrase to use there let's not beat around the bush but some people do not
wash their hands now after they've been to the toilet and that that appears to
be the root of your fear well I it's a little irrational but at the same time
you can pick up nasty stomach bugs from door handles toilets definitely so I
don't touch them particularly if I'm eating at a restaurant or somewhere like
that yes definitely not so so you go in and then you do you do what you have to
do whatever I have to do whatever you have to do and then you wash your hands
because I want to be clear on this you wash your hands okay
so how do you turn the tap off ah well that's well yes the tap I normally
sprinkled some water on top of the tap this gets worse because that cleans the
the tap as well because of it but then the taps not so bad so you can wash that
you know you can put some water over the tap and you've got lots of water on your
hand so you're gonna get your not gonna get rid of all the bugs but you're gonna
get rid of most off most of them and the work let's face it the worst part then
is you wash your hands and then you've got to go out of the toilet so what do
you have to put your hand on the door handle that is covered in bacteria those
so you've washed your hands yes I'm trying to take you through the phases
and the step people understand I think we've spending a lot of time on just
don't worry about it I don't know why you get so worried it's all right we'll
just took up 40 minutes don't worry about it
why do you keep worrying about the time well I just feel uncomfortable talking
about it miss Tok a lot of people are agreeing with you
really yes that's what I just said Amanda says I I also do the same thing
ah a fellow germaphobe I I use the napkin
to open the door and also flush the water but I don't but I don't drop the
napkin on the floor not like you you use you dirty litter bug well you see if
they prove up well I just I've got a funny waved do you know what the worst
fear the worst fear is that you go in you go in
to a public loo the door shuts behind you sailu because lots of people don't
know what new is new it's another word for toilet it sounds like the Museum in
France public loo yeah that's not the Louvre
it's lavatory l oo yeah I'm talking I'm talking when I'm talking don't talk at
the same time I try to explain things you make it so difficult for me so I'm
just trying to do this now so we're there just just while you're
doing that I'll carry on explaining oh it's a three-letter word I haven't got
to go away and translate it loo so mr. Steve is saying loo loo toilet
laboratory loo some big ones the worst thing is for me is that you go in the
door shuts behind you and then there's no toilet paper or or paper towels
so yeah I'm trapped in there and this this this bacteria-infested room and how
am I gonna get out without right you know I've got to touch the door handle
I've got there's no paper in there that is the worst fear for me that sounds
like you haven't prepared though that sounds like you've gone in there
unprepared yeah I've gone into the toilet cubicle you've closed the door
you've started doing whatever you're doing and then and then then and only
then do you look to see if there's any toilet yes I always make sure I'll I
know I always make sure but sometimes the door slams behind you isn't it says
there's no way you're going to you can't open the door proper don't have a look
and comment about the cubicle itself I know but I'm on about the last door when
you come out always see that's the one I'm talking about the last thing that
you touch is the door that the main door to the toilet I think there are too many
doors in toilets it so I would take tissue with me always make sure I've got
something but last last resort is I'll hook it open with my elbow your last
resort what do you mean last resort last resort so if I've got no toilet paper to
put on the don the door handle there's nothing so I don't want to touch it with
my hand I've washed my hands so I'll hook the hook my elbow into the door
handle push it down and get out that way and use my knees and
feet to push the door open this sounds like a nightmare it isn't I remember you
you soon get into the swing of it you soon get used to it you can get a a
technique going so just to get into the toilet itself not not the actual cubicle
because of course you might be using the upright stall if you are having a
wee-wee but but I just find this so so amazing that you have to go through all
of this just just to spend a penny just to go to the toilet I just I just don't
want to touch that door handle and I think I'm not the only one there's a few
people already out there saying they do the same thing but that is literally
it's not a it's a sort of a fear but it's not wholly irrational because you
can get stomach bugs from bacteria if people have been you know for a number
to have been for a poo and they don't wash their hands it's on the door
handler and then you go and eat a sandwich or something you could get a
nasty stomach bug from that yes and worse still is you go to a restaurant
you don't know if the people preparing the food
Oh have have gone to the toilet and not wash their hands on that it's a very
common way of getting stomach bugs in restaurants hotels particularly a you
know in foreign countries because they don't wash their hands when they go to
the toilet so it sounds it sounds like quite an ordeal you know you know what I
have a solution mr. Steve you could wear one of those adult nappies you could
wear one of those adult diapers so you just put one of these diapers on and
then you can you can poop in pee all you want you could just sit and enjoy your
meal and while you're eating you can that's better and then just carry on
with your meal I don't like the sound of that I think people around would would
pick up on the fact that I'd you know to the loo while I was sitting there okay
you think there might be some odour might be a bit of odor
a bit of Odell we I thought I thought we'd you know another week and last week
we didn't talk about poo at all and it we've done quite well the last couple of
weeks where we haven't mentioned poo poo or wee-wee
already well I you know what I'm amazed by so many people on here or agreeing
with you thank you so many people are saying that everywhere is dirty it is
yes well I I just I just find this incredible yes oh the other thing can I
tell you mine now now on the one thing I hate doing I hate going to an ATM ah I
hate using ATMs because they're they're normally out in the street and of course
you don't know who is used the ATM before you you have to press the the
little keys to enter your number your special pin number and then of course
you have to press other things as well so I don't like pressing the buttons on
ATMs I always think that someone really dirty and disgusting and smelly and
stinky has used has used the keys just before so I oh I always use a different
finger I don't use I don't use my forefinger I used I use this one this
finger too that the finger that that I think people call it the ring finger so
and then afterwards I always frantically wipe it wipe my finger on myself to try
and get get the dirt and the bacteria off so I always think that ATM machines
are very dirty they are I use my knuckle sometimes and knuckle so I I'll do it
with my knuckles and of course what are the worst things is money money and
sorry to button there mr. Duncan as you said about ATM machines but whenever you
purchase anything now from a shop you if you pay by card you have to put your you
also have to put put your PIN in don't you on the old buttons as well yes you
have to touch button I'm not a big fan I don't think I have a problem with it
it's just that actually when I use ATMs I never think about it with money
because of course money is passed from from people to people from person to
person and of course people put their money in
all sorts of horrible places they put them in there
they put money in their pockets right next to you know all the stinky smelly
places so you know you can get a bit too obsessed with it I think the key thing
is not to worry about it because as long as you don't put your fingers in your
mouth as long as you haven't got the habit of maybe biting your nails or
something like that then you you can't be really harmed by it and some people
carried little bottles of gel sterilizing gel that you can wipe your
hands in I'm amazed bitter words I can't believe how many people are getting
involved with this conversation it's just incredible apparently for men it is
easier ah here we go here we go battle of the sexes is coming now Amanda says
for men it's easier to go to public toilets women have to do the eagle the
eagle I don't know what that means I think it means that you you stand over
the toilet you sit over the top oh yes but you you you hover so your your your
bottom doesn't touch the toilet I do I've never come across this before I
this is a new one you see I'm learning something today so apparently quite a
few women when they go to the toilet they don't want to put they don't want
to rest on the toilet yes so they hover and apparently it is
called the 'eagle' I didn't know that learnt something today
I can I can understand that because that has got to be disgusting having to sit
on a on it on the on the toilet seat in a public loo I've had what if I've been
desperate for word to go for a poo then I I had to do that he can't hover for a
number two I don't think so I literally will put toilet paper all over the seat
to protect so that I'm not sitting directly on I'm sure women do that as
well right yes shall I just shall I just stop the stream and then start again we
really have gotten to a hot topic today this is incredible I want I wanted to
talk about other things but but show oh I know what we'll do just to lighten the
mood here we have the mystery chick we have to guess guess the chick
so here it comes and there it is there is the mystery chick we have to guess
the baby bird so do you know what this bird is if you think you know the answer
let me know I do I will give it yes I know you know for goodness sake no you
can't enter mr. Steve surprise no there isn't a prize stop mentioning prizes
maybe I could give this old car tire away as a prize how the hell am I going
to post a tire to someone well we're just we'll just if they're down here
we'll just wheel it downhill yes we'll push it down hill towards them sounds
very dangerous to me I think I think we'll have a lawsuit on our hands so
there it is today's mystery chick mystery bird so if you think you know
what that bird is please let me know apparently in Finland in Finland there
are water showers that you can use to wash your Burma well a yes interest
anybody I've been to Malaysia and on holiday and when you go to public lose
there you've got yes you've got it like a water pipe to clean yourself with
which i think is very yes and of course in France you have the bday bday yes
bday which I think I I think the bday is brilliant I think everyone should have a
bday in their in their house but yes in Malaysia well in Malaysia also they have
the very low toilets that are on the floor yes so you have to sort of squat
in a very awkward and uncomfortable way but yes they have a little hose pipe as
well next to the toilet and you can turn the tap on and then you can clean
yourself all down you can get disposable toilet seat covers so I would imagine
that that women sometimes carry those in their handbags would I be wrong there
because you can buy them you sometimes actually see them as well in very posh
public lose you sometimes see disposable plastic
toilet seat covers oh yes that's quite clever but but so so what do you do mr.
Steve do you do you put anything on on the toilet seat yes I think
I mentioned that earlier you're not listening mr. Duncan oh yeah I was
talking about the toilet seat I was talking about all about your hands I
know but I don't think you're putting your hands on the toilet seat oh you're
not doing hands down oh I did I did mention are you standing on your head
are you trying to stand on their head on the toilet because a lady mentioned
about doing the eagle I said yes I've had to go for a poo then I will put
toilet paper all over the seat so that I don't have to apparently Luciano says RI
I always press the buttons on the elevator or lift using my knuckles
knuckles so you press you press the buttons with with your your knuckles you
don't use your fingertips I I do that on an ATM machine oh I see you use your
knuckles yes I suppose so I always use a different finger you see when I press
the button but but apparently Luciano uses knuckles yes good idea okay can you
see my knuckles there they are you're what my Oh your knuckles I said nipples
I have lovely knuckles very nice is it a quail no it isn't a quail is it
a baby sparrow no it isn't a baby sparrow I've got all these bits of paper
here mr. Duncan I'm not anxious to use them I've written them all out yes
because we are talking about phobias lots of people work we're talking
earlier about their phobias we are now going to talk about particular types of
phobia so when you get scared of something if you have a fear of
something just like mr. Steve mr. Steve has a fear of toilet seats and also
toilet handle really not a fear it's not a fear it just makes him do very strange
things when he goes into the toilet and
you have some words that relate to certain types of fears can I use one of
my pre-prepared pieces of paper with words
nom them of course you can Thank You mr. Duncan
so this is the you've probably already done have you explained what a phobia
means well folk well I think I just did didn't know seconds ago you're not this
thing to me now you see I'm gonna put you I've prepared it so it's going up
there yes sir I've got one as well damn I've also got one here we go
phobia saying stream or a rational fear or aversion to something I got it in
first I got it in that you got your piece of
paper just clear close to the camera do you close keep going back that's it so a
phobia is normally used in a noun so we use phobia also to describe an extreme
or irrational fear or I just said that an aversion to something I said that I
said that mr. Duncan what's the opposite of a phobia then what's the opposite of
phobia well tell us it's here it's sillier feeli only see that actually yes
philia philia or of course which stays file as well at the end of nouns
fondness or love especially abnormal love of something abnormal love I say
it's it usually when you talk well we'll explain this in a bit more detail as we
go along okay no problem so we've got phobias and
philias yes so a phobia is a fear of something and Ophelia
philia is sometimes unusual liking for something something maybe you like too
much okay should I show the first example miss okay mr. Steve go on here
we go now here's the first one a very common one a lot of people relate to
this one its arachnophobia arachnophobia so Iraq no apparently is the ancient
Greek word force come on what is it mr. Duncan arachnophobia
well Iraq No is is the old word for for spider spider
ancient Greek word for spider so we've got a rack no phobia irrational fear of
spiders some people would say it's not irrational but magically it is but
there's all these phobias in fact they're their medical conditions really
so there we go arachnophobia right we've got a lot of
people out there who are frightened of spiders
well apparently Nicole Nicole Jeffery is not afraid of spiders and I don't I
don't fear spiders if you're not frightened of them perhaps you love them
yes in which case you would be anorak no that would be described as a rack no
philia a rack no philia is the love of spiders so you like them a lot you like
them a lot and I insert there are people out there you and sounds very strange to
believe that people would actually love spiders but I've got a friend who loves
spiders and he goes to all these conventions and exhibitions where
they've all got all these spiders sorry they have they have a spider convention
what is that all these spiders they may be conventions not the right word but
they have exhibitions and you can go and buy them but spider exhibition yes you
can go along there and buy giant tarantulas and things like that
so it's just a big a big room full of jars of spiders I've got a friend who
has in his living room about 20 little boxes full of all different types of
spiders is this the same weirdo you were talking about last week perhaps I
wouldn't use the word weirdo he's just a no rat he's eat he likes spiders and
that was the word that would describe that condition okay this is it servi is
a condition but there are there are different ways of in your the English
teacher here so I'm going to defer to you on this I'm going to put something
up here so that you can explain the different ways of of explaining photo
because we've got the adjectives the adjective form of them in the noun form
that's it well apparently on live-chat - Yong Chan says what about
Duncan philia haha or Duncan phobia yes there are lots of
those there are lots of probably more people have Duncan phobia than our
Duncan philia we all love you mr. Duncan so we're all dunker phobes files
don't go far Elvis yes how did you get that right I'm gonna put this one up now
because it explains what they're all the different versions I server and it maybe
you would like as the as the English expert to explain
so using Iraq no using spider to explain the different ways we can describe this
you've got arachnophobia that's the condition is that am i right
there mr. Duncan so arachnophobia yes that would be they can dish that's the
condition phobia so an arachnophobia
if they didn't like spiders you would say they were an Iraq no phone that said
that's still the known I still the noun and then you've got Iraq no phobic
arachnophobia that describes the character or the way the person behaves
so that would be an adjective adjective arachnophobia so the arachnophobia there
is a condition where people are afraid of spiders and that person that is just
has that fear is an Iraq no phobe and the condition is Iraq no they are
arachnophobia am i right there mr. Duncan that's fine yes so far so good no
nobody's nobody's come into the room to drag you away that's good - that's the
various ways you can use that word around adjectives ways but I don't think
everyone is afraid of spiders it does appear to be here that many people have
but a lot of people don't actually feel afraid of spiders they like them they in
that case they they are arachnophobia they are Iraq no files so they are Iraq
no file so as we said earlier file normally means a
person who likes something very much yes so they are fond of it if you've got a
look at the bottom there I put that one in it doesn't relate to all the phobias
but if you had a group of people together who all liked spiders they
would be Iraq no Phileas okay you would have a such a group of people so that's
a little extra one but that wouldn't you wouldn't necessarily have that for every
condition every phobia or philia there we go I think the other ones on that
list show me that list again because I'm quite intrigued okay so the top one is
Iraq no philia so that's the desire that the the like the liking condition the
condition okay that's good then a Iraq no file is the person then an Iraq no
philic is that's the adjective adjective and yes the the Iraq no Philly acts Iraq
no Philly acts yes that's it Iraq no Philly acts so what's that one mean that
is a group of people who all like spiders so if you which you would get if
you had a group of people all going to a spider convention for example or a group
of people all together who likes spiders are they talking about
spiders that might go somewhere where you can buy spiders maybe the pet shop
and you would call them Iraq no Philly acts okay then I think we've I think
we've ascertained that you I'm not sure about your friend being crazy about
spiders I think you're quite crazy about them as well
no I don't I'm either way let's have a look at the live chat my mother-in-law
has a Bluto phobia a blue - phobia that I'm not sure what that is a ballute
ablution is that going to the toilet don't I go into the toilet
oh yes that might be is it is it a fear of going to the toilet
I haven't seen that particular one before a blue - phobia it doesn't see it
just sound like that maybe a person with a fear of going to the toilet public
toilets that's what I got then I'm a looter foe behavior so maybe that's what
you got if that person who sent that in could explain what that one is
definitely tell us what that is that would be very helpful
oh here we go yes a blue - phobia just as you said that
Amanda says a blue - phobia the fear of washing or bathing ah ablutions yes your
ablutions caching so that they're cleaning the hygiene there were a
washing of your body so some people are afraid of that there are some coming
through now Nicole has a fear of dogs ah yes that might be that might be canine
phobia that there is that I have seen this one but I didn't write it down but
that is a definite you can you can have a phobia about it about anything so
failure about anything you might even have a fear of fear imagine that imagine
if you were afraid you had a you had a phobia of being afraid of things zero
phobia fear a phobia imagine if you were what about what about if you were
frightened of people who who loved spiders you could be frightened to be
river so you you were frightened so you'd have a water what what would you
call that a anorak no filio phobic or something i it could be frightened of
someone who loves spiders couldn't you you know something you love spiders as
arackliffe i'll say you be an iraq no philo phobic okay we're getting
complicated this with this this seemed like a good idea at the time I've got
some other examples here that I've written down please right here we go
agar o phobia oh I did mention this one earlier
alright you done that one already no I haven't done it I mentioned this you
mentioned it fear of so what what is a agoraphobia fear of open spaces or
crowded places I a phobia so maybe yes because this is a
condition that might cause the person to stay indoors or in the house and not go
out exactly so maybe it may be also the fear of just social situations even so
yes it's not just open spaces but social situations as well hmm
so the opposite of that mr. Duncan would be what well I'm gonna go Agora philia
you are correct Agora Vidya but I mean there aren't you can't always swap them
around there isn't always a failure for the phobia or vice versa but in this
case Agora philia you would think would mean that you loved open spaces but in
fact it means that you get sexually aroused in open spaces so there's a
slight twist to that one oh my goodness say okay then yes so you get very very
very excited when you are in open spaces that's yes because I suppose really
you're not going to get just excited for being in an open space so you you
wouldn't you it's not the exact opposite of agoraphobic so it's a yeah it has a
very specific meaning so they specific meaning for example I like going for a
walk in the countryside I enjoy the open spaces but but that particular
definition you've just mentioned is more like a sort of Harvey Weinstein's sort
of going for a walk in the open spaces you get slightly too too excited by it I
think so okay then here we go you have another one I have this is a very common
one colostrum phobia closer to be a boss Truffaut Beale claustrophobia that's it
fear of which is the opposite of what we've just had Agra phobia it's the fear
of confined spaces so small enclosed spaces maybe your you are trapped in a
very tiny room or if I'd a lift an elevator huh yes lifts and elevators are
elevators quite times people get get this condition as well if they're
wearing if they get hot and they're wearing high collars or the t-shirt I
colored necks you know where the clothes covering their neck you can feel
claustrophobic there but normally it's referred to well if you've got tight
clothing on yeah around your neck oscy around your neck area so it feels like
you're being strangled yes in a way that can be described as claustrophobia as
well you just want to tear it off but normally it's small rooms windowless
rooms lifts that sort of thing so hang in closed spaces there isn't really an
opposite to that so where there isn't really a claustro philia people that
would be you never although having said that there are people that like to be
wrapped up very tightly in things they they find that that's something they
quite like okay no not me personally and I'm not talking from experience I know
that mr. Jenkin you have to be so careful what's happened to us all we are
we are also afraid now to say things because because at the moment is you
might know there is an element of fear at the moment everyone is afraid to say
things or to do things or to look at a person in a certain way or to walk up to
someone or walk behind someone it's it's it's so difficult nowadays so
difficulties I'm afraid of earthquakes says Francisco there's there's bound to
be a word for that I think I think that might be a very reasonable fear though
if you live in a place where earthquakes occur I think I think you might be very
very justified what what if you were frightened had a fear of flying what
would that be called do you think mister I want to say arrow phobia correct oh
okay then that's quite good I didn't say that I arrow phobia I haven't seen these
so aerophobia fear of flying there is also arrow file Oh an error
file error file is a person who likes flying so they don't get sexually
excited when they're in a plane no that that is just somebody who likes
flying that might be very awkward you see on along the hall if you are on a
long-haul a very long plane journey and you get very very excited sexually by
plane no that isn't what that means that one that one has no sexual connotations
they just because their files it doesn't mean sex is involved at all with all the
files it does with the next one but I think we know what's coming next coming
there we know what's coming but let's start with I think everyone everyone
knows what's coming next everyone oh we've got to say this word
because it's all over the medium has been peace if you are on your own but
first of all I'm gonna just you wouldn't imagine this but there is a there is
actually a fear of children or babies pedo phobia strange as it may seem but
there is a fear of children or babies that often describes picking up babies
or babies crying so that is a word you know what's coming next we've got to
talk about it but we'd have to talk about it we will just mention it there
we go pedophilia a pedophile is somebody who
has an unnatural attraction to people who were too young children so look come
on I know this is very awkward to talk about it yeah yeah Peter file is a
person who gets sexually aroused by young children there we go we've done it
right and there's been a lot of famous people caught out doing that right right
okay a lot well I think it's all over the news how many that's actually that
that's right let's not talk about that anymore
is it a thousand well it's it's it's one of these taboo areas isn't it so if
someone of course is Court Court is the wrong word let's think Court is not is
the right word you know you're doing it anyway
I'm graphic I don't know why I'm laughing because it's just an
embarrassing subject to talk about we talked about the word we're putting it
away that's it we all know what it is what about something related to what we
talked about earlier germophobia huh this is now this is the one that I think
maybe that Steve has and maybe I have but I think maybe lots of people suffer
from germophobia I think many people actually have that they are a bit
sensitive too to places where other people have been
before also I don't like being around sick people
I cannot stand being near people who are unwell I hate going to places where you
are with lots of people and there's always one person who is sneezing and
coughing and sometimes they don't they don't put their hand in front of their
mouth they just cough everywhere so are you a germaphobe I'm not sure if I'm a
germaphobe I don't think so but but I I'm just sometimes sensitive to certain
situations where I might get some contamination let's say mm-hmm right are
we gonna say something then but I won't cuz it'll make you sick right here's
here's another one that is I think I've got a bit of this I think everyone's got
a bit of this but fear of what's that one then grow phobia fear of what refer
BIA acrophobia acrophobia that's an interesting one a
fear of a fear of anything coming in from your viewers well a crow sounds
like heart high up yes acrobats so maybe being high up fear of heights you are
well deduced mr. Duncan I am like Sherlock
exactly well done the secret you can often work out what it is fry I hung the
Sherlock Holmes of English it's all elementary so as somebody who who likes
highwire acts works in the circus would likes Heights so they would be an AK
Refaeli dd tip TT DD people like bungee jumping so there we go that's the
explanation for that oh right yes it's not an actual word
apparently that but if you look it up in the dictionary he's not actually there
but I think it should be so what the hell is it doing here because because I
think you can make them up I think you can actually make them up yourself so if
you say I had a fear of cameras okay there could be a camera phob couldn't
you can make them up this is one I like there are there are a couple of what an
audio file audio file is that something you is that computer related is nothing
to do with nothing to do with nothing to do with that not yeah it sounds like
somebody you liked music or yes it's actually more specific it's actually
people who are very much into hi-fi's and playing music through HiFi systems
so they are they are very keen on the way that music is reproduced using Wi-Fi
using maybe the stereo or a record player or maybe a compact disc player so
everything has to be in a certain way they are they are an audiophile so they
are very very keen on the sound has to be very particular it has to be perfect
so everything that they use to listen to music has to be a very high quality so
you could say that they are an audiophile audiophile I've got one for
you mr. Duncan which is very relevant okay
to what you do and getting worried now how about that
one ah okay then now I want to say log of
log Affiliate I think that's how it's pronounced
yeah logo philia I'm going to guess it's it's someone who has a they are keen on
word yes mr. Joe okay yeah he sent mr.
Juncker very clever is that why you're an English teacher it might have
something to do yes logo philia yes a person who enjoys were love of words or
if you don't like words and this is a real word you're a log of folk lager
beer lager phobia it might be an odd Joe I don't know I think it's I think it's
talking I can't imagine anyone be being afraid of words some people are that's
interesting you can be there are something that there's if you're there
is a condition where some people are afraid or have an aversion to English
people yes Anglo phob yes the family and there's
Anglophile if you like anything to do with English people or the country you
can be an Anglophile so an Anglo file is a person who really likes English people
I think I have a lot of Anglo files here today watching this I think so
one more okay one more what about this one then pan phobia pan phobia pan
phobia you don't want this condition I'll tell you pan phobia and phobia
yes it's very hard to to work out what that is because the word must derive
from from some old form of the word so I'm not quite sure pan phobia yes pan
foe are you sure you've got it right I have indeed I have got it right I've
checked every one of them if you've got it wrong I'll there's no the first time
you've tasked me with such a technical sort of thing to do so
wanted to make sure I got it right ham phobia think of panorama oh it's silly
so maybe is it similar to wide open spaces it's it just means fear of
everything oh I see so most if you if you so pan is kind of like looking at
everything like like if you're if you move something you pan yeah so or a
panoramic view so me as you are seeing everything seeing everything so it means
fear of everything so to be afraid of everything yes some people are
apparently that must be quite rare it must be a horrible condition in a house
and I think I'm having a bad day yes there are people around that are are
literally afraid of everything in existence
they must have they must have a a medical sort of good psychiatric
condition that's incredible mm-hmm I'm all out of these I've got no more I've
got no other toe there was one there was one I haven't written it down which made
me laugh there was a ballista phobia ballista foe ballast Oh phobia blame a
ll is ballista phobia is that is that a person who's fond of phobia Oh a fear of
coffee it was f me can you believe this there is a it's it's a fear of bullets
Oh miss iris word I'm not making it I mean yes I wouldn't be afraid of bullet
yes I think I think bullets yes I think I think I think that's a reasonable fear
to have I I think I probably have that I think everyone is ballista phobic yes I
have your ballista philic I mean you're gonna like bullets what you like being
shot through the head or some this that what that means hope you just like sort
of handling bullets send some bullets my way I love them bullets on the missiles
I I think I'd be pretty afraid of a missile yes
rational is it sorry it's not irrational to be no I think that's I would
understand anyone who who had a fear of bullets especially if they were
buying it 150 miles an hour mmm French leo
yes French Leo says it is a fear of bullets thank you very much oh thank you
Ahmed says mr. Steve adds wonderful things to your show well done mr. Steve
thank you oh I see you've got a fan a fan there it is better it's better to be
Pan philia app an affiliate so painfully ack yeah a person who loves them nothing
everything love everything around yes I think so
so let's get on with the answers to today's mystery idioms because it's
almost time to go I've only seen them yet so here are the mystery idioms and
I'm going to give the answers right now because we are running out of time it's
gone very fast today it has very quick so here we go here is the answer to the
first one quite a few people got this right well done drop the ball if you
drop the ball this expression means to make a mistake or get something wrong to
mishandle something is to drop the ball a foolish mistake can be described as
dropping the ball so if you drop the ball you make a big mistake and here is
the second one a lot of people got this right well done this particular idiom is
bite the bullet talking of bullets ah if you bite the bullet
it means you finally do something unpleasant after a period of hesitation
to do something you don't want to after building up the courage to do it can be
described as biting the bullet you do something that you don't want to do you
bite the bullet I think sometimes there are things that I want to put off but
sometimes you have to just bite the bullet
very true it's almost time to go oh and also we have the answer to the MS
to rebored as well here it is so here is the mystery bird anybody get it I I
think one person one person got it right I can't find the answer I can't find the
correct answer but someone one person got it right well done to them the baby
bird that you can see there is isn't that just so cute it's lovely it's very
cute it is a baby a baby
pheasant baby pheasant and there you can see the mother the mother with her baby
pheasants oh isn't that so lovely look there she
is leading her pheasants across the garden
and this was actually filmed in my garden I'm sure there's a word for
people who who like birds love birds there must be a word for that or an
author file it could be yes it could robbery an owner file and of course you
could have an owner phob as well all a phobia
oh yeah the fear of birds was a famous Alfred Hitchcock film called the birds
and if you weren't frightened the birds before you saw that you would be
afterwards correct yes it comes and pecks your eyes out all these all these
birds chasing people not very nice horrific film horrible film you're
bringing up a lot of horrific things today mr. Steve do you remember can I
get back to tyres again can I say something else about tires before we go
oh I see so we have one last word from mr. Steve about tires come on then well
I just suddenly came to my mind do you remember you don't see very many
advertisements do you for tires because they're not very sexy things to to to to
really advertise but I remember we used to be a specific advert for tires on the
television years ago where the you got these this muscle man
with a tire on each our do sort of naked from the waist upwards and that's how
they used to advertise this particular brand of tire I don't know which make it
was but used to be they should walk around with a tire on each hooked around
each arm showing their biceps I don't remember that yeah it's a sure reason I
remember that and it wasn't it wasn't it wasn't the same guy that played Darth
Vader in the in the early Star Wars films I'm not sure it wasn't David
prowls I don't think it was but of course there is of course the Michelin
Man as well yeah baby watch his heart which is a character made out of tires
but you might be getting confused there you see no there was definitely advert
very you know it gets tires a bit of a macho thing so there was some some chap
had spent too much time down in the gym you walking around with with it with a
tire under each arm yes we've got a famous poster as well there's a focus
robbery is there's a famous poster of a man lifting up two big tires I don't
what's the point of advertising tires because you can't you can't tell when a
cars going by what make of tyre it's got you know cars going by oh oh oh that it
wasn't that the mixture Lenore was that was that the the red steam but what was
it was at the Dunlop you can't you could never tell could you so what's the point
of advertising and you can't go peering at people's tires sue in a car park I
think I think mr. Steve has been sniffing tires if you haven't been to a
tire factory have you Oh tyres I love tires what the hell is going on
it's all right it's all right mr. Duggan I'm just on a high from being on your
show I think I think you're an uma file rubber file no numa file is you know I
think maybe that's that's a you you have a fascination for tires so we've
invented and you've just invented a new word mr. Duncan is that when the OE d
ugly is that otherwise a hairy D yes sorry
what are you okay Oxford English Dictionary that follow
yeah is that what you tried to say this I'm spitting this the OED I did get it
right apparently you're a tight attire file i am i think it's numr file i think
i think a person who liked tires is an uma file I'll look that up later and see
if my right but you are very excitable today hurry I think you definitely need
treatment for that people are already leaving they're already saying bye
surprised we don't know what's happening now is this this is like performance art
should I put the tire on my head no maybe not no we've done that already
Oh let's end on a high yes I think I think you already are it's the smell of
rubber yes what very interesting so thank you for joining us today we've had
a good show it's been a long one we've gone over of course as usual so we will
see you next week mr. Steve thank you very much thank you for having me again
mr. Duncan and something we didn't mention today we're going to talk about
holidays and the best places to take your holiday if you want to show off to
your friends so this is something for next week so we're going to talk about
destinations or holidays that you can take that you can show off to your
neighbors or your friends with so that's something coming next maybe maybe we can
have some pictures from your viewers about nice holidays there being on nice
photographs yes maybe maybe we can get people to show off about their holidays
where they've been anyway we will see you next week and of course we are
coming towards the end of November next week which of course means that
Christmas is on the way because December will be just around the corner so I
don't talk about Christmas mr. Duncan it's too early I'm sorry we're going to
have to talk about it the Christmas TV commercials are on now so announced
that's it it's officially the run-up to Christmas
I'm sorry mr. Stein Oh Deary me anyway we're going now I
don't want to overstay my welcome and orders mr. Steve are we going together
or am I going first and then you're gonna wrap up I'll wrap up shall I okay
Steve bye bye see you later I have to see you all and
see you next week bye mr. Steve mr. Steve has gone thanks
a lot for joining me today it's been a good one a very busy one and thanks
staying with me for the whole two hours of course you can watch this later on it
will be replayed it will be available for you to watch as many times as you
want and don't forget hopefully there will be subtitles later subtitles will
be available later on if you are watching this on the replay you can get
the subtitles you have to press this little icon this little symbol
underneath the video so there it is you can watch this later if you have missed
any of it I will see you next Sunday I will be back here as live as live can be
this is mr. Duncan he in the birthplace of English saying thank you very much to
everyone who has joined in today thank you to Julie my man rose smells long the
doin my man Simona Eshan and also one more before I go one more person we will
say goodbye to who will it be who will be the last person I say
goodbye to TS Tia and Tatiana I'm now going to say goodbye
this is mr. Duncan in the birthplace of English saying thanks for following me
today thanks for watching me and of course until the next time we meet here
on YouTube you know what's coming next
ta ta for now. 8-)
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