Tag
#aussie english podcast
470 podcasts tagged "aussie english podcast"
AE 1114 - Expression: Any Port in a Storm
In today's episode... Welcome to the weekly English expressions episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today's episode, I will teach you about the English expression "any port in a storm". We will be breaking down the expression by defining the words in the phrase and give you the meaning of the expression . I will also be answering a question from Esmaeil , who says "My friend told me in order to sound Aussie, I should call another friend a mad…
AE 1113 - Pete's 2c - Sense Making, Criticism of Scomo, & Answering Your Questions about Australia
In today's episode... Welcome back to another Pete's 2c episode ! I got my dad Ian Smissen back to do this chin-wag with me today. We've got quite a show of political opinions today where you're going to hear our criticism of Scott "ScoMo" Morrisson , Australia's current prime minister. Exercise your better judgment on this episode; you are going to hear our personal opinions, but we're not trying to make you 'come over to our side'. Other than our…
AE 1112 - Interview: Why Royal Families & Corrupt Governments Suck with Kyrin Down
In today's episode... G'day, you mob! Let's welcome back Kyrin Down on the podcast! In this third installment of the 4-part interview session I had with Mere Mortals' host Kyrin Down , we chat about what we think of the British royal family and royalty more broadly as an institution. We talk about why some Australians love the royal family, the Australian royalists, where some Aussies absolutely hate them. Or, you know, at the very least, have no…
AE 1111 - My family IS or ARE?? | Advanced English Grammar Lesson
In today's episode... Learn English in this newest English Grammar lesson on the Aussie English podcast! In today's episode, I am going to teach you how to correctly use the articles IS and ARE . There is one simple rule for it, and it has something to do with the subject of your sentence . Subject = who or what you are talking about in the sentence. We will also go through some practice sentences. Listen to how I say the whole sentences because there…
AE 1110 - Expression: Sink or Swim
In today's episode... Happy Sunday, you mob! How's your weekend going? In today's episode, we are going to talk about the English expression "sink or swim" . We will be talking about the origin of the phrase "sink or swim" and give you example situations where you can use them. Also, I stand corrected regarding The Waltzing Matilda! I received this brilliant email from Karin of Germany where she told me something about "der Walzer" and "die Walz" .…
AE 1109 - The Goss: Millipedes & the Weird Evolution of Cave & Deep-Sea Creatures
In today's episode... Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today's episode, we talk about a mega millipede found in Australia. A millipede is a crawling insect which is named so because it has so many legs. Despite being called 'millipedes', most species only have 750 legs or so. Until recently, Australian scientists found a Eumillipes persephone to have a whooping 1,300 legs ! What if insects can wear shoes? Join us…
AE 1108 - Interview: Farofa, Japan, & Cultural Identity with Kyrin Down
In today's episode... G'day, you mob! Let's welcome back Kyrin Down on the podcast! In today's episode, we talk about wishing we could live in other places besides Australia. Like, Europe versus Australia. We wonder what it's like to live somewhere in Europe where you're surrounded by lots of different cultures, languages -- remember what they say about driving through Europe for a couple of hours and you hear the same word said in many different…
PlusAE 1107 - The Goss: A Spanish Badger Unearths Roman Treasure & an Epic Australian Paleontological Find
In today's episode... Do you know what a badger is? It is a burrowing mammal that eats little birds, reptiles, rodents. Think cats with a mouse-like face and claws for digging. Somewhere in Filomena, Spain , a hungry badger digging around the earth for food accidentally found some Roman treasure! The adorable creature found more than 200 Roman-era gold coins - yeah, the animal actually took the coins up to his nest. We also talk about a couple who found…
AE 1106 - The Ultimate Australian Quiz
In today's episode... Welcome back to the Aussie English podcast! How well do you know Australia? Think you know a lot, eh? We are going to test that knowledge today! In today's episode, I got 20 questions for you to test how much you know about Australia's culture, history, and trivia -- it's going to be a ripper, that I tell you! Let me know how you go! Don't forget to download your free PDF worksheet here …
Showing 297 of 469