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Why do Brits celebrate November 5th? What time should you arrive to a party? Should you go to the pub with your boss? All these questions... and more, will be answered in this episode's British culture quiz.Interactive TranscriptSupport Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membershipTranscriptMitch:[0:22] Okay, so welcome to episode 63 of the Easy English Podcast.Mitch:[0:28] Today, our main topic will be testing not only Isi, but also myself, quite nervously, on a British culture quiz. But, before we go into the quiz, we have a really exciting announcement, that we've been waiting to announce for ages. We will be starting another additional, conversation call. - Pub call. - We have one already, which is on Tuesday evenings, GMT at 18:15. Our new date will be every Wednesday at 12pm GMT. So maybe you're someone who you're quite good at speaking English, or you think you are, but you don't really have a way to practice your conversational English, speaking and listening. And let's say you've got to a certain level and you've hit a wall, this is the place where you should come, to really get to that next level and level-up your English. We will meet every week, twice a week now, and we will just talk about regular topics that you'll be speaking about, when you come to England, when you're working for an English company, or working in England, when you're visiting the UK, because it's all well and good reading a book and understanding the grammar and vocabulary, but when, we British people speak, as Isi can probably testify. - Yeah. - We're using grammatical errors, we're speaking very quickly, we're lazy, we're sloppy.Mitch:[1:56] Sorry Brits. - And so, the Easy English call is the best way to really put yourself on the ground and improve your English and really feel comfortable and confident, when you're going to come to the UK, work in the UK, and be able to interact with native speakers.Isi:[2:13] And even if you don't come to the UK, but just want to get better with your English, if you live in another English-speaking country, move to another English-speaking country, or just really are interested in the English language, or need it for your job, or because you have friends, partners, from English-speaking countries, whatever your reason is, you might want to improve and level-up your English.Mitch:[2:36] So if you are interested in becoming confident and levelling up your English speaking and listening skills, then join our Conversation Membership at easyenglish.video/membership.Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

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 TranscriptSupport Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membershipTranscriptIntroMitch:[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.Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership