《Lesson 057 Two Southern Dialects》.pdf

The Bob and Rob Show Study Guide Lesson 57 date: Oct. 27, 2006 file name: bobrob10-27-06 Show notes Osaka versus Tokyo, dialects of the USA (in particular the south), and a Bubba joke. Southern US dialect examples: hes fixin to eat = he’s going to eat immediately. use of adverbs e.g here or there. For example, Johnny fetch me that here hammer, use of done in different ways;e.g he done come up here, I done told you, rather than the grammatically correct form of have. The use of yall” for you all/all of you” Phrasal Verbs to go back 1) to return e.g: when are you going back to your country? “to go back on” 2) to not keep one’s word or promise e.g: Politicians often go back on their words. “to go by” 3) to go past, to visit quickly e.g: Let ’s go by grandad’s house as it’s on the way. Listener email 1) Bob read out an email from Nana about Japanese sweets, and mainly Manju, which are buns stuffed with sweet bean paste. Bob and Rob are both not keen on them. 2) We answered a question from Patricia about “pullover”. In Britain, it is just a jumper or a sweater you have to pull over your head, but in the States, it can also mean a jacket or anorak. Anorak also has slightly different meanings between America and the UK: 1 anorak can be made of Gore-tex and used for skiing etc in the USA but in Britain it has a very light image of only being like a rain/wind sheeter. 3) Adam from Malaysia wrote us a nice email from his oil rig near Vietnam. Ancient Japanese English Study Secret PDA: an alternative to electronic dictionaries PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistants and can be very useful according to a listener. You can put flash cards, grammar tools, encyclopedias and dictionaries on them as well as do a lot of other things.Wise words and worth considering indeed. 1 Bubba Joke Bubba is from the South of the USA an