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62: Meeting Strangers
After discussing the phrase 'mad as a hatter', Isi and Mitch discuss the British etiquette of interacting with strangers in private, in public and in pubs and restaurants.
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Intro
Mitch:
[0:23] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode 62.
Isi:
[0:28] Hello, good morning.
Mitch:
[0:29] Good morning.
Isi:
[0:30] From Germany.
Mitch:
[0:31] From Germany. I'm living the German dream.
Isi:
[0:35] Mitch is just eating a pretzel with butter. Just had coffee and a pretzel, very German. We arrived, already over the weekend. It was the first thing in the supermarket that we got.
Mitch:
[0:46] What is the... this has now become a small topic, but how would you rank German supermarkets?
Isi:
[0:55] What does that mean?
Mitch:
[0:56] From top to bottom, which is considered the most premium, to the most scabby.
Isi:
[1:00] I don't even know all the supermarkets any more.
Mitch:
[1:04] In England?
Isi:
[1:05] I would say the best is, well, the best, the most expensive is, is it Marks and Spencers?
Mitch:
[1:14] Yep, I'd say so, Marks and Spencers.
Isi:
[1:16] You know that you eat, should our listeners hear you eating? Marks and Spencers and then...
Mitch:
[1:23] Morrison's.
Isi:
[1:24] Morrison's. Is that actually, even more premium?
Mitch:
[1:27] No, Morrison's is a more premium supermarket. M&S, which is actually a clothing store, has like, a small sort of, supermarket section.
Isi:
[1:38] Yeah, M&S. Then not Morrison's, next one. And Tesco's?
Mitch:
[1:45] I think Tesco's and Sainsbury's are kind of locked.
Isi:
[1:49] Sainsbury's and Co-op is also somewhere around them, I'd say. Or is Co-op actually better than Sainsbury's?
Mitch:
[1:55] Co-op is actually probably better than Sainsbury's and Tesco's.
Isi:
[1:57] Saino's, as we call it.
Mitch:
[1:59] Saino's.
Isi:
[2:00] And then probably ASDA, which is a discounter.
Mitch:
[2:05] Yeah.
Isi:
[2:05] And then the German ones.
Mitch:
[2:07] Then the German ones.
Isi:
[2:08] Lidl and Aldi. Where Lidl is better in England and Aldi is not... or?
Mitch:
[2:14] I'd say that Lidl could be above ASDA. ASDA also goes by the other name of ASBOs, which stands for Antisocial Behaviour Order.
Isi:
[2:23] Oh, God. I think ASDA has a lot more to offer, at least.
Mitch:
[2:27] It's usually massive, because it's owned by Walmart.
Isi:
[2:29] Yeah, and they have a lot of, if you like to cook from different cuisines, they have like World's Food Isles and all that. Lidl doesn't have that.
Mitch:
[2:37] Okay, so we're saying Marks & Spencer's M&S, Morrison's Co-op, Sainsbury's and Tesco's, then Asda, Lidl, Aldi. Okay, shall we move on to our actual program?
Isi:
[2:53] I would like to, yes, can I start?
Mitch:
[2:56] Please.
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After discussing the phrase 'mad as a hatter', Isi and Mitch discuss the British etiquette of interacting with strangers in private, in public and in pubs and restaurants.
Interactive Transcript
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Transcript
Intro
Mitch:
[0:23] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode 62.
Isi:
[0:28] Hello, good morning.
Mitch:
[0:29] Good morning.
Isi:
[0:30] From Germany.
Mitch:
[0:31] From Germany. I'm living the German dream.
Isi:
[0:35] Mitch is just eating a pretzel with butter. Just had coffee and a pretzel, very German. We arrived, already over the weekend. It was the first thing in the supermarket that we got.
Mitch:
[0:46] What is the... this has now become a small topic, but how would you rank German supermarkets?
Isi:
[0:55] What does that mean?
Mitch:
[0:56] From top to bottom, which is considered the most premium, to the most scabby.
Isi:
[1:00] I don't even know all the supermarkets any more.
Mitch:
[1:04] In England?
Isi:
[1:05] I would say the best is, well, the best, the most expensive is, is it Marks and Spencers?
Mitch:
[1:14] Yep, I'd say so, Marks and Spencers.
Isi:
[1:16] You know that you eat, should our listeners hear you eating? Marks and Spencers and then...
Mitch:
[1:23] Morrison's.
Isi:
[1:24] Morrison's. Is that actually, even more premium?
Mitch:
[1:27] No, Morrison's is a more premium supermarket. M&S, which is actually a clothing store, has like, a small sort of, supermarket section.
Isi:
[1:38] Yeah, M&S. Then not Morrison's, next one. And Tesco's?
Mitch:
[1:45] I think Tesco's and Sainsbury's are kind of locked.
Isi:
[1:49] Sainsbury's and Co-op is also somewhere around them, I'd say. Or is Co-op actually better than Sainsbury's?
Mitch:
[1:55] Co-op is actually probably better than Sainsbury's and Tesco's.
Isi:
[1:57] Saino's, as we call it.
Mitch:
[1:59] Saino's.
Isi:
[2:00] And then probably ASDA, which is a discounter.
Mitch:
[2:05] Yeah.
Isi:
[2:05] And then the German ones.
Mitch:
[2:07] Then the German ones.
Isi:
[2:08] Lidl and Aldi. Where Lidl is better in England and Aldi is not... or?
Mitch:
[2:14] I'd say that Lidl could be above ASDA. ASDA also goes by the other name of ASBOs, which stands for Antisocial Behaviour Order.
Isi:
[2:23] Oh, God. I think ASDA has a lot more to offer, at least.
Mitch:
[2:27] It's usually massive, because it's owned by Walmart.
Isi:
[2:29] Yeah, and they have a lot of, if you like to cook from different cuisines, they have like World's Food Isles and all that. Lidl doesn't have that.
Mitch:
[2:37] Okay, so we're saying Marks & Spencer's M&S, Morrison's Co-op, Sainsbury's and Tesco's, then Asda, Lidl, Aldi. Okay, shall we move on to our actual program?
Isi:
[2:53] I would like to, yes, can I start?
Mitch:
[2:56] Please.
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